litigation costs
Lawsuit financial burden
Litigation costs are the expenses incurred in pursuing or defending a lawsuit.
These include attorney fees, court filing fees, expert witness fees, discovery expenses, and administrative costs.
In many legal systems, the losing party may be ordered to pay the prevailing party's litigation costs: The company settled rather than risk paying litigation costs if they lost at trial.
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- contingency feePayment from case winnings
- attorney feesPayment for legal services
- legal feesPayment for counsel
- hourly ratePay calculated by time
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