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In response to
"This is one of those areas that, while I agree it is necessary for the reasons stated, it also gets pretty badly abused."
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If it's a choice between erring on one side or another ...
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I'd rather err on the side of allowing a bit of abuse by the people. I also have no problem with some reasonable caps on awards of attorney fees (e.g., 25% contingency up to double billings at the attorney's standard hourly rate).
"It's just Blackstone's commentary all over again: it is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer."
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