retainer
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These are common in personal injury cases, because the clients often don’t have the wherewithal to pay a lawyer’s retainer fee in advance.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2026
Subscription and retainer models offer another path forward, providing clients with ongoing access to expertise and capabilities for a fixed periodic fee.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
"In the American version, it's a very expensive format, having a writers' room and keeping a cast of actors on retainer, essentially, the whole time. That's really expensive," Lewis told BBC Radio 4's PM programme.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2025
Cohen said he submitted monthly invoices for a year for legal work he never actually performed, pursuant to a purported retainer agreement that he said did not exist.
From Seattle Times • May 26, 2024
The honest old family retainer, she thought, proud and loyal and thoroughly unpleasant.
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
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