Source: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/2678?qt-us_code_tabs=2
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 2678', '§ 2678', '§ 2678', '§ 4', '§ 944', '§ 422']

28 U.S. Code § 2678 - Attorney fees; penalty | LII / Legal Information Institute
U.S. Code › Title 28 › Part VI › Chapter 171 › § 2678 28 U.S. Code § 2678 - Attorney fees; penalty
No attorney shall charge, demand, receive, or collect for services rendered, fees in excess of 25 per centum of any judgment rendered pursuant to section 1346
(b) of this title or any settlement made pursuant to section 2677 of this title, or in excess of 20 per centum of any award, compromise, or settlement made pursuant to section 2672 of this title.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 984; Pub. L. 89–506, § 4,July 18, 1966, 80 Stat. 307.)
Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 944 (Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, § 422,60 Stat. 846).
1966—Pub. L. 89–506raised the limitations on allowable attorneys fees from 10 to 20 percent for administrative settlements and from 20 to 25 percent for fees in cases after suit is filed and removed the requirement of agency or court allowance of the amount of attorneys fees.