Participating Counsel definition
Examples of Participating Counsel in a sentence
Participating Counsel must submit expenses consistent with the Order of this Court.
Participating Counsel shall keep a daily record of their time spent in connection with common benefit work on this litigation, indicating with specificity the hours, location and particular activity (such as “conducted deposition of ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇.”).
Each Participating Counsel who does common benefit work has the right to present their claim(s) for compensation prior to any recommendation to the Court.
Both the PSC and Participating Counsel recognize the importance of individual cases and the relationship between case-specific clients and their attorneys.
The CLC, Eligible Claimants, and Participating Counsel reserve the right to petition the MDL Court to change this percentage based on the factors set forth in Model Rule of Professional Conduct 1.5 for determining the reasonableness of a fee, and the CLC and other Participating Counsel may petition the MDL Court for payment from the assessment as compensation for the procurement and administration of the Settlement Program.
Participating Counsel shall supplement the lists on a quarterly basis.
Discussions between Participating Counsel, CLC, and/or disclosure of the amount or terms and conditions of any individual Release may only occur upon receipt of written consent from counsel for ▇▇▇▇▇▇, or upon receipt of a Court Order, or as set forth in the Release.
Participating Counsel has a duty to supplement Exhibit A, and neither Participating Counsel nor any Eligible Claimant of that counsel may participate in the Settlement Program unless Exhibit A is certified as accurate as of May 31, 2016.
If any Participating Counsel fails to register all Eligible Claimants they represent, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to refuse to accept or provide an alternative categorization under Section III.C, and/or pay any award under this Settlement Program to any or all of that Participating Counsel’s registered Eligible Claimants.
If Claimants, Participating Counsel, or the CLC receive a request and/or order to disclose any matter covered by an individual Release, Claimants, Participating Counsel, and the CLC agree to give immediate notice to ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and to not disclose the requested information without consent from ▇▇▇▇▇▇.