The Grandall Legal Group had a contract to receive 4% of the settlement if they prevailed against Apple, according to Sina Tech. As the agreed upon settlement was around US$60 million, Grandall is due roughly $2.4 million.
Grandall lawyer Xie Xianghui said that Proview had signed a risk proxy, a popular arrangement that has the legal fees coming from any settlement or award. In the course of pursuing the case for Proview, Grandall said that it incurred expenses including advance wages, legal fees, customs registrations, and other costs as the case developed.
Proview founder Yang Rongshan, however, called the Grandall claims “nonsense.” While he did admit to signing the agreement, he claimed that Proview is not operating under normal conditions and therefore does not have to put a priority on paying the lawyers as required by the contract. Mr. Yang also said that Proview will not be “passing the buck,” even though his company is currently doing just that.
The court has accepted the case and there will no doubt be more legal fees incurred to collect the legal fees.
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The kind of deal-making behavior exhibited by Proview’s founder might just earn him a bullet in the head. In the US all you get is a law suit, or a criminal indictment at worst. In the third world, where institutions and the rule of law aren’t that well established . . . that’s a wholly different kennel.
Crooked Yang Rongshan after the cash and won’t pay for anything apparently. I hope the lawyers clean him out completely when this case is done. It would serve him right. Your new legal bill Yang Rongshan is now $60 million dollars!!!
I would laugh so hard if this case gives the lawyers everything that Mr. Greedy Yang Rongshan thought he could keep. Again it would serve him right. Yang Rongshan thinks he’s immune from paying anybody for there services except when it goes into his pocket, then he wants it right away.
This guy needs an attitude adjustment, and I think the best one would be to take away the $60 million he extorted from Apple and let the lawyers have it all.
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