Illegality of Contingency-Fee Arrangements Prosecuting Public Natural Resource Damage Claims and Need for Legislative Reforms

The Illegality of Contingency-Fee Arrangements When Prosecuting Public Natural Resource Damage Claims and the Need for Legislative Reform - Social Science Research Network

Julie E. Steiner, St. John’s University School of Law, presents an abstract of her paper in which she concludes that using the contingency fee structure to bring public natural resource damage (NRD) claims violate the express language of, and legislative intent underlying, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA).