When I walked out of the court, there was not a single media reporter outside.
This small and medium-sized shareholders' rights protection case experienced an initial bustle, but finally fell silent more than a year later. No media was still interested in this hot-button topic.
Some people who were very interested at first have already lost their patience while waiting and waiting for the long litigation process.
His attention was attracted by other hot news and social hot topics, and he gradually forgot about this case.
Lawyer Mundell and everyone came out and saw such a scene, feeling sad.
"Mr. Mundell, can I talk to you?"
"how?"
"Since I took on this case, well, I have been using my own money to advance it, taking up a lot of time but getting nothing. The reputation of the law firm has also been greatly affected. I wonder if I can..."
"Absolutely impossible."
Seeing that his companion was about to jump off the ship when things went badly, lawyer Mondale showed a trace of cruelty on his lips: "Just give up on this, Cruz. Giving up on the commission may ruin your career as a lawyer, and the consequences are more serious than you imagine." serious."
"But... we can't fight them, Mondale. My life has been ruined. I don't even have 100 US dollars on me."
"Everyone's life is ruined. Giving up means it's all over."
"Oh, damn!"
Cruise pulled his hair emotionally and fell into deep pain; "How could I be so stupid? I bet my career on this one-in-a-ten thousand possibility, I... I feel like a don Quixote is on the road to self-destruction and cannot wait for the official day of trial."
The other lawyers all looked miserable. They had realized their fate, but they still had to go on.
For vulture lawyers, winning lawsuits against celebrities can be said to be a win-win situation for both people and money, and the benefits are self-evident.
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When signing a lawyer's agency contract, the vulture lawyer needs to bear most of the expenses during the trial of the case, and can only get the money if he wins the case or settles out of court.
Under this risk clause, vulture lawyers can share more than half of the compensation amount. The risks and benefits are directly proportional, which is why they are keen on it.
in the United States
Big shots or entertainment stars are very concerned about their own image. In order to get rid of trouble, they are willing to spend some money to settle out of court to prevent the case from affecting their career and personal image.
for example;
In the sensational case of rock music superstar MJ**, although MJ was innocent, he still spent 20 million US dollars to settle out of court.
It was because the rape case caused huge physical and mental harm to MJ, which seriously affected his acting career, and his personal image was facing collapse, that he had no choice but to settle out of court.
While the vulture lawyer and the prosecutor, the boy's father, were happily counting money, MJ was heartbroken. The case had caused severe physical and mental damage to him, and his music career had also been hit hard.
While the people who eat melons are talking about it after dinner, including the most loyal music fans, their voyeuristic desire is greatly satisfied, and no one cares about this.
Later, the boy who initially sued MJ for sexual harassment personally proved that he was ordered by his father to extort a large amount of money from him.
Unfortunately it was too late, the damage had already been done.
For vulture lawyers, the risk still exists.
If you lose the lawsuit or withdraw the lawsuit, don't talk about it. All the efforts you put in will be in vain. You won't get a dime of compensation, but you will have to pay huge expenses.
In the United States, litigating a lawsuit is very expensive.
The huge expenses of legal proceedings are nothing more than the burden of the prosecutor, defendant, and lawyer. The judge will never bear these expenses. This is true wherever he goes.
The litigation costs of parties in the United States mainly include litigation fees and attorney fees. Let’s not talk about attorney fees for the time being. Let’s talk about litigation expenses separately.
Litigation costs include;
Case acceptance fees, witness fees, evidence collection fees, out-of-court investigation fees, legal writing and consulting fees, etc.
Due to the financial subsidies implemented in the United States, the case acceptance fees paid by the parties are relatively low, generally around one hundred and ten US dollars.
Please note that this is just a general civil commercial case.
In cases handled by ordinary procedures, compared with the low case acceptance fees, the litigation costs borne by the parties are mainly the costs of out-of-court investigation of evidence and the costs of witnesses appearing in court.
Such as;
Debts amounting to tens of thousands of dollars, business partners taking away company property, neighbors building a house next door causing neurasthenia, car accidents while riding together, co-passengers suing the driver for injury compensation, etc., usually go to court.
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For large-scale business cases, the labor costs and time costs required are huge, and general rules do not apply.
Similar cases
The court acceptance fee is charged from 30,000 to 50,000 of the litigation amount. That is to say, if the plaintiff claims compensation of 100 million US dollars, he needs to pay an acceptance fee of 30,000 to 50,000 US dollars, and so on.
For huge amounts, U.S. courts also offer humane installments and appropriate exemptions, for example, for African Americans and ethnic minority groups under the poverty line, single mothers or disadvantaged groups.
In the case of Atlantic Company's minority shareholders defending their rights, the exemption clause obviously does not apply.
At present, no one of the more than 6,000 small and medium-sized shareholders collected will contribute money. This part of the money is advanced by seven vulture lawyers.
Of course, Lawyer Mondale is not that stupid. He will pay the agency fee in full according to the litigation amount of 12 billion US dollars. The actual payment is only 500,000 US dollars, and the rest has gone through the installment procedures.
If you win the lawsuit or settle out of court, the money will be a piece of cake.
Lawyer Mundell thinks about it, Atlantic Company is so rich, and the boss is so rich, but spending tens of millions or hundreds of millions of dollars to solve big legal disputes is just a joke.
Who would have thought that he would be kicked directly onto the iron plate.
People would rather spend tens of millions of dollars on hiring lawyers to litigate and drag on day after day than pay a single dollar in compensation.
I just want to ask you, are you impatient? Are you going crazy?
Lawyer Mondale was completely distracted;
Neither King Boss nor Chambers, who have huge influence, are in the entertainment industry, nor are they pop music and rock stars, nor are they Hollywood movie stars. They do not need to appear in gossip magazines and do not care about it.
Entrepreneurs do not rely on fans to make a living, nor do they care about the temporary uproar of public opinion, which will not hurt them in the slightest.
If a lawsuit can discredit a big shot, then there will be no clean people in the United States. Which big shot doesn’t have dozens or dozens of lawsuits on his back?
Touching porcelain is not unique to China. It has a long tradition in European and American society, including blackmailing people, cheating, being 18 years old, and making no shadow of it. There is a very professional process, and it would be a long story to describe it in detail.
Eating hamburgers, eating French fries leads to obesity, sue KFC, long-term drinking of Coca-Cola causes blood sugar to rise, sue Coca-Cola, if a fish bone gets stuck in your meal, sue the restaurant, fall down at your door, sue the owner...
Okay, too many.
How many lawsuits have been filed in total by the dozens of companies owned by King Boss in the United States?
For more than a year, there has been little progress in the case. The other party refused to agree to an out-of-court settlement and seemed to be dragging it out for three to five years. There is no hope of resolution at all.
Now that the ball has returned to the court of the Vulture Lawyers, do you support continuing the lawsuit?
Attorney Mundell did not know, nor did his legal team, that Atlantic Business Machines had the money to continue playing this game.
Once you get on the chariot, you can't help yourself. Big men will not allow their dignity to be offended, and they may want to destroy people like themselves.