Not for nothing, but the mass tort bar likes to call its contingency fee agreements with government officials, usually state attorneys general, "letters of marque." They have all the policy problems of the constitutionally-provided-for real letters of marque discussed above with the unfortunate additional infirmity of being unlawful and unconstitutional ab initio.
Not for nothing, but the mass tort bar likes to call its contingency fee agreements with government officials, usually state attorneys general, "letters of marque." They have all the policy problems of the constitutionally-provided-for real letters of marque discussed above with the unfortunate additional infirmity of being unlawful and unconstitutional ab initio.