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System and method for bidding on groups of fee or contingency fee-based matters

  • US 9,747,623 B2
  • Filed: 12/28/2012
  • Issued: 08/29/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • one or more computing devices, each computing device including one or more processors and memory, the memory storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more computing devices to perform a method comprising;

    generating a group contingency-matter bidding web site, the group contingency-matter bidding web site associated with a third party entity;

    posting through the group contingency-matter bidding web site a plurality of groups of two or more contingency-based related matters, each group of the plurality of groups associated with one or more clients of a plurality of clients;

    displaying through the group contingency-matter bidding web site the plurality of groups of two or more contingency-based related matters;

    receiving through the group contingency-matter bidding web site a plurality of bids to handle a particular group of the plurality of groups of two or more contingency-based related matters, each bid of the plurality of bids associated with one or more contingency professionals of a plurality of contingency professionals, the particular group of the plurality of groups of two or more contingency-based related matters comprising a group of legal matters involving any of a common legal subject matter, a common adverse party, and a common judge;

    displaying through the group contingency-matter bidding web site the plurality of bids to handle the particular group of the plurality of groups of two or more contingency-based related matters;

    selecting through the group contingency-matter bidding web site a particular one or more contingency professionals of the plurality of contingency professionals to handle the particular group of the plurality of groups of two or more contingency-based related matters;

    providing through the group contingency-matter bidding web site communications between the particular one or more contingency professionals and the one or more clients associated with the particular group of the plurality of groups of two or more contingency-based related matters; and

    removing any personal identifiable information from the communications until both the particular one or more contingency professionals and the one or more clients associated with the particular group of the plurality of groups of two or more contingency-based related matters have executed one or more agreements with the third party entity, the one or more agreements specifying at least that the third party entity will obtain its fees out of any value obtained from an outcome of the particular group of the plurality of groups of two or more contingency-based related matters.

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