Jackson Jambalaya

Now that she/they have skin in the game, whoa nellie.....they're smelling blood.

Yep 10:31am, There is blood in the water and I predict that before this feeding frenzy is over several people are going to get their asses ripped.

People don't work on commission if they are inept. She knows she's got them and a ton of assets and she's fixing to get PAID.

One question though. Can the victims negotiate the terms of her? Say they wanted to give her 15-25% versus 33%? Do they have someone on their side looking out for their best interest?

Investigate Pinnacle Trust.

On a related note - Mississippi's Attorney General has operated on sort of a contingency fee arrangement for years, going at least back to the early days of Mike Moore.

Fees, gifts, future payouts, monetary deals (call it what you wish) have been directly related to the amount of reward gained by the AGs' buds when 'called in' to prosecute high-dollar cases.

Just imagine the 'contingency fees' General Hood would have owed to him had he been willing to call in his buds to prosecute 'family'.

How stupid of me, I thought all of this was predetermined when this firm was given the job by the bid process. So much for " let us recover all we can with the lowest bidder." Now it is "lets get all we can for the lawyers." And the judge apparently approved it.

@12:48pm A crime was in fact committed, involving many victims. A very large crime at that, and involving some big name "players" who masquerade as legitimate. The judge just gave her the juice to put the hurt on them where it hurts most, financially. For once, I'm pulling for "the lawyers" to clean their houses out. And everyone on this board knows who.

There is nothing more motivating than unlimited earning potential...I think this is a great idea

This is Tobacco Junior. We are not looking for money for ourselves, just helping the citizens.

1.2 Billion later.......

The attorneys get rich, and the victims will get screwed, again. But this time by the court appointed one.

She needs to look at the gifts he made in family and elsewhere. Lots of money to recoup to reimburse those he robbed.

This is a good deal. With big time defendants lawyered up and signaling a long fight the receiver could easily bill a ton that may not be successfully recovered. This also cuts the legs out from the big defendants who might have thought that they could drown the receiver in work so that the litigation was not economically feasible. The receiver might end up making more money than through billing, maybe less. Or maybe zero. People don’t often talk about the times lawyers get zeroed or barely compensated in continence cases but it happens. Contingency fees can pay well but they can also pay zero (or result in a loss when fronted expenses are not recovered). Most of the lawyer haters on this board would never have the guts to take that risk.

I am not a lawyer, so I am unfamiliar with the term “continence” and “continency fee.” It sounds more medical; getting paid not to wet your knickers when you sneeze, perhaps? My more learned friends suggest that perhaps someone, in their haste to get their words published, omitted that crucial little letter “g.” What a difference a consonant makes...

Ophelia!!!! The grammar/spelling Nazi.

Das ist richtig, Herr Kartoffelkopf aus 1:36!

Put Ophelia on Wheel Of Fortune

I believe the receiver sued UPS a couple days after the order...methinks that complaint was drafted when the motion to convert fee to a a contingency fee was drafted. Anyone want that bet?