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Alaska Supreme Court

ATTORNEY FEES - The Alaska Supreme Court found that state law prohibits a fee agreementthat uses the client's decision to settle as a trigger to convert contingent-fee representation into an obligation to pay hourly fees because the agreement impermissibly burdens the client's exclusive right to settle a case.Compton v. Kittleson

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