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Their lawyer would spend some time regardless of whether the other party's lawyer was there or not. Sure, they may have to answer some filings or produce someth
by ameister14 4y ago
Their lawyer would spend some time regardless of whether the other party's lawyer was there or not. Sure, they may have to answer some filings or produce something (I don't really know the rules and procedures of arbitration) but again, a competent person without an attorney would come close to that anyway.
If the lawyer loses on contingency after spending 100 hours, nobody pays them; that lawyer eats the loss.
- oneoff786 4y agoBut it’s super shit that a lawyer can say “you can either give my client 2k or have a chance at giving my client 2k and me 50k” That’s just so fucked up.
- ameister14 4y agoI've been thinking about it, and I think it's mostly a balancing of the scales - the company sets the initial terms of the contract almost every time, and has a completely disproportionate amount of power in the relationship. This is a bit more of a spin the other direction, but it still doesn't quite get there. Yeah, it's fucked up, but it's a response to the company being able to do more things that are fucked up and doesn't come out of nowhere.