Litigation is often expensive. When a client considers filing a lawsuit or must decide how to handle a lawsuit someone else started, one of the most fundamental questions to ask is: Who pays the lawyers? Under the American Rule, the default rule in litigation is that each party to a case must pay for its own attorneys. In trust litigation, though, the trust may end up paying the legal fees for multiple parties involved in the litigation, ultimately leaving a much smaller pot of money for the…By: Robins Kaplan LLP
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