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2. Court costs - Wikipedia

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   Florida: $200 fee for those convicted of felony, $50 for misdemeanor, with many additional costs depending on the crime [14] Florida is known to use a large number of fees, these can be collected from defendants with a 40% surcharge [15] Georgia: Georgia assesses a 10% additional fee if a defendant challenges a traffic violation and is found ...

3. Attorney's fee - Wikipedia

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   A contingent fee, or contingency fee, is an attorney fee that is made contingent on the outcome of a case. A typical contingent fee in a tort case is normally one third to forty percent of the recovery, but the attorney does not recover a fee unless money is recovered for the client. States prohibit contingent fees in certain types of cases.

4. English rule (attorney's fees) - Wikipedia

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   Some argue that the American system encourages frivolous or "extortionate" suits against businesses with "deep pockets," because plaintiffs can have a contingency fee arrangement with the attorney whereby they pay nothing to the attorney if the case loses. Under a contingent fee arrangement, the attorney for the plaintiff faces no consequences ...

5. Courts fees can put the squeeze on Florida teen offenders ...

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   Black youths in Florida have an average fee of $709.50, while white youth have an average fee of $426.50 and Hispanic youth have an average of $633.33, according to the University of Miami Study ...

6. Federal judge: Florida must pay $725K in legal fees, costs ...

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   The underlying lawsuit involved a challenge to part of the law that placed restrictions on addressing race-related issues in workplace training.

7. American rule (attorney's fees) - Wikipedia

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   Several states also have exceptions to the American rule in both statutes and case law. For example, in California, the Consumers Legal Remedies Act allows plaintiffs to recover attorney's fees, [7] and in insurance bad faith cases, a policyholder may be able to recover attorney's fees as a separate component of damages. [8]