Attempts to amend contingency-fee bill fail (UPDATE)
Republican state senators shot down four amendments Democrats offered Tuesday to a bill that would place a $30 million cap on the contingency fees the state can pay to law firms.
Committee passes contingency-fee bill
The Wisconsin Senate Committee on Judiciary and Labor approved a bill Tuesday that would prevent law firms from receiving more than $30 million from contingency-fee contracts held with the state.
Assembly votes to cap lawyer contingency fees
The state Assembly voted 60-36 Wednesday in favor of a bill that would cap at $30 million the amount of contingency fees lawyers can collect for doing state work.
Opposing sides debate limiting lawyer contingency fees
Wisconsin has not seen a case in which lawyers obtained a huge contingency fee payout since three firms landed a total of $75 million during the big tobacco settlement of the 1990s.
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