Business Law

Vocabulary

Business law adversary based competence fee free referral solicitation

advertising billing contingency fee-splitting hourly retainer status

English

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1. The party or person one is competing against is also called an ___________________. 2. When the public at large is in focus for services and products, we talk about __________________. 3. When lawyers invade the privacy of grieving families to persuade them to generate lawsuits, the act is known as __________________chasing. 4. Fees basing on the attorney's special skills and expertise, the amount involved or result are called value-__________________fees. 5. Charging several clients for the same period of work is an unethical practice known as double __ ________________. 6. Another word for blending: __________________. 7. The necessary knowledge and skills to perform a job are someone's __________________ for tha t job. 8. When fees depend on the outcome of the case a nd are usually a percentage of the recovery, we tal k about __________________fees. 9. __________________ means that someone can not serve as an attorney or paralegal for someone e lse.

10. The fees of an attorney can be put down in writ ing on a socalled __________________agreement form. 11. Paying part of the fee to a person who helped a n attorney to find the client is called __________________. Image from: http://slugsignorino.com/portf1.htm

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Vocabulary

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12. The fees paid to an attorney for routine matters are termed as __________________fees. 13. Lawyers may be encouraged or required to provide pro bono services to those unable to afford t hem, that is __________________ services. 14. Billing a client for the amount of hours spent on the case by the attorney is requesting ________ __________ fees. 15. The fees or amounts set by a legislative body are known as __________________fees. 16. The amount charged for directing a client somewhere else is termed as __________________fe e. 17. A fee paid to make the attorney available to handle the case is a __________________. 18. Persons employed to solicit cases for an attorney or refer cases to him are called __________________. 19. Focusing directly on individual prospective clients is called __________________. 20. The stage at which a client's case is can be called __________________of the matter.

“Court” – word associations __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ _________________________________________

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