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U.S. Supreme Court

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Decided

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Cert. Denied

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Questions Presented

Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment bars states from outsourcing the investigation and prosecution of public claims to private contingency-fee lawyers who have a substantial personal stake in the outcome.

Case Updates

Cert. petition denied

March 05, 2018

U.S. Chamber supports Due Process challenge to contingency-fee arrangements that give private attorneys a direct financial stake in the outcome of government enforcement actions

November 30, 2017

Click here to view the Chamber's amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to grant the petition for a writ of certiorari.

Laura K. McNally, Andrew R. DeVooght, and Nina Ruvinsky of Loeb & Loeb LLP served as co-counsel for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on behalf of the U.S. Chamber Litigation Center in this case.

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