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The Effect of Attorney Compensation on the Timing of SettlementsEric HellandClaremont McKenna College - Robert Day School of Economics and Finance; RAND Jonathan KlickUniversity of Pennsylvania Law School; Erasmus School of Law; PERC - Property and Environment Research Center June 1, 2006 1st Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper Abstract: Using Federal Judicial Center data on class action settlements, we find that plaintiffs' lawyers who expect to be compensated using the lodestar, or hourly fee, method systematically delay settlement to accrue additional fees. Plaintiffs' attorneys who expect to be compensated on a percentage basis of any settlement or award, on the other hand, settle their cases more quickly as predicted by the Spier (1992) settlement model. These results cast doubt on the potential for lodestar calculations to police the conduct of plaintiffs' lawyers in class actions.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 24 Keywords: Class Action, Lodestar, Attorney Fees, Judges, Lawyers JEL Classification: K00, K42, J22, D82 working papers seriesDate posted: June 5, 2006Suggested CitationContact Information
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