1 | Representative(s) Ambler offered the following: |
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3 | Amendment to Amendment (149765) (with title amendment) |
4 | Remove line(s) 2214 and insert: |
5 | subsection (10). A court may not apply a fee multiplier under |
6 | this subsection unless the court finds from the record that the |
7 | attorney undertook representation of the case on a contingent |
8 | "no recovery--no attorney fee" basis, that at the outset of the |
9 | case the relevant market required a contingency fee multiplier |
10 | to obtain competent counsel for the case, and that the attorney |
11 | was unable to mitigate the risk of nonpayment in any other way. |
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14 | Remove line(s) 2464-2465 and insert: |
15 | statements; requiring specified findings for award of |
16 | an attorney fee contingency fee multiplier; extending |
17 | the period |