28 U.S.C. § 2678 — Attorney fees; penalty
submitted 78 years ago by ch. 646 to r/title-28-JUDICIARY-AND-JUDICIAL-PROCEDURE · 109 words · no verdicts yet
This section sets rules about attorney fees; penalty. No attorney must charge, demand, receive, or collect for services rendered, fees in excess of 25 per centum of any judgment rendered under section 1346(b) of this title or any settlement made under section 2677 of this title, or in excess of 20 per centum of any award, compromise, or settlement made under section 2672 of this title.
No attorney must charge, demand, receive, or collect for services rendered, fees in excess of 25 per centum of any judgment rendered under section 1346(b) of this title or any settlement made under section 2677 of this title, or in excess of 20 per centum of any award, compromise, or settlement made under section 2672 of this title. Any attorney who charges, demands, receives, or collects for services rendered related to such claim any amount in excess of that allowed under this section, if recovery be had, must be fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
No attorney shall charge, demand, receive, or collect for services rendered, fees in excess of 25 per centum of any judgment rendered pursuant to section 1346(b) of this title or any settlement made pursuant to section 2677 of this title, or in excess of 20 per centum of any award, compromise, or settlement made pursuant to section 2672 of this title.
Any attorney who charges, demands, receives, or collects for services rendered in connection with such claim any amount in excess of that allowed under this section, if recovery be had, shall be fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 984; Pub. L. 89–506, § 4, July 18, 1966, 80 Stat. 307.)
- 1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 646 · 62 Stat. 984
- 1966Amended · Pub. L. 89-506 · 80 Stat. 307
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