This claims that the percentage of turnover paid on litigation costs for UK companies is actually <i>higher</i> than it is for US ones:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.lawdepartmentmanagementblog.com&#x2F;law_department_management&#x2F;2005&#x2F;05&#x2F;disadvantages_o-2.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.lawdepartmentmanagementblog.com&#x2F;law_department_ma...</a><p>NB My wife is a specialist commercial litigation lawyer in the UK and I had discussed this issue with her after seeing it mentioned on HN and she pointed out a lot of issues with &quot;loser pays&quot;.