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> Many attorneys will take such cases on contingency, as the odds are pretty good. what this means is that the government steals your money and then the lawyer
by adgjlsfhk1 2y ago
> Many attorneys will take such cases on contingency, as the odds are pretty good.
what this means is that the government steals your money and then the lawyer gets half of it if you win and get it back.
- lazide 2y agoDamages are on top of return of the money.
- adgjlsfhk1 2y agoand damages are basically never awarded for this (for real, see if you can find a case where they were)
- lazide 2y agoThat’s because the moment someone lawyers up and appears to have a case, they give the funds back to avoid creating bad precedent. So it doesn’t go to court. (See https://ij.org/press-release/federal-government-will-return-over-1-million-seized-from-armored-car-company-in-california/ https://ij.org/press-release/federal-government-will-return-...)