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Law's Eric Chaffee discusses lawyers’ rates

MEDIA | October 13, 2025
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Judge who took axe to lawyers’ rates says size (of firm) matters

Bloomberg: Eric Chaffee, a professor and the Peter M. Gerhart Distinguished Research Scholar at the School of Law, said a recent fee-cut ruling creates “a troubling incentive problem,” discouraging experienced boutique-firm attorneys from taking smaller clients’ cases and limiting access to top-tier legal representation.

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