3 ms·
It seems like a lot, but if they are only paid when they win, the price has to take into account the risk they are taking by going up against a company like Ube
by paulgb 6y ago
It seems like a lot, but if they are only paid when they win, the price has to take into account the risk they are taking by going up against a company like Uber that has a huge vested interest in not losing cases like this. If their chance of success going in is 25%, expenses are $100k, 2-3 lawyers contributed etc. it doesn’t seem like such a case of highway robbery (no idea if these numbers are realistic)
- elil17 6y agoTheir chances of success going in are much, much higher. Law firms won’t take a case unless they think they can get something out of it, like a cash settlement. This particular case was very very strong. $100k expenses are realistic, but only because many law firms choose to have extravagant offices and ridiculous corporate retreats. The firm is billing $500/hour - that may be the going rate, but it doesn’t change the fact that lawyers get rich while the people they’re supposed to represent aren’t fairly compensated for the harm that is done to them. The $1.1m was supposed to represent the damage that the canceled Uber rides did to her career, and now that’s damage that will never fully be made up to her.