Utah High Court: Contingency Fee Had To Be Disclosed, Can’t Be Awarded

( September 8, 2026, 8:16 AM EDT) -- SALT LAKE CITY — Deciding that failure to disclose a contingency fee for legal services in accordance with a Utah discovery rule means that the fee cannot be awarded as consequential damages, the Utah Supreme Court reversed part of a trial court’s attorney fee ruling in a suit that sprang from a real estate project....