Examples of Contingent Payments in a sentence
The Contingent Payments provision plainly provides that the key was the number of new claims ʺfiled or submittedʺ as of January 5, 2012.
The Agreement expressly defines ʺNew Debris Removal Claimsʺ as those that have been ʺfiled,ʺ ʺasserted,ʺ or ʺserved.ʺ Neither the Contingent Payments provision nor the definition of ʺNew Debris Removal Claimsʺ uses the word ʺpendingʺ or any words equivalent thereto.
On July 13, 2012, citing similar concerns, the district court held sua sponte that plaintiffsʹ counsel were not entitled to any portion of the Contingent Payments.
The district court suggested that allowing plaintiffsʹ counsel to receive a portion of the Contingent Payments was unethical because it incentivized them to avoid taking on new clients.Defendants appeal the district courtʹs orders of December 30, 2012 and September 8, 2011, as they relate to the Bonus and Contingent Payments.
Finally, we turn to the district courtʹs decision to bar plaintiffsʹ counsel from collecting fees with respect to the Bonus and Contingent Payments.