What are the rules respecting contingency fees?
Under the Lobbyists Registration Act, consultant lobbyists were required to disclose whether the payment they received for a lobbying undertaking was in whole or in part contingent on the lobbyist’s degree of success in influencing any matter related to the undertaking. Under the Lobbying Act, there is a total ban on payment or receipt of any payment or other benefit contingent on the outcome of a consultant lobbyist’s activity. Undertakings that are entered into on or after July 2, 2008, whether with a previous, current, or new client, will not be permitted to include the payment of contingency fees in any manner or to any degree. As part of the registration process, lobbyists will be required to confirm that they will not be receiving a contingency fee for the undertaking.
