Originally Posted by Janke

I tried to find the date this "law was passed" that you referenced and can't find a date. However, lawyers have been able to charge fee for representation for several decades, probably back to the 70's or 80's. Possibly earlier. You sentence made it seem to me that you were referring to a recent change, but you are right that you didn't actually use those terms.

But the fee cap for fee agreements was $4000, then $5300 and now $6000. Not going up by the month. For fee petition, there is no cap except the 25% of retroactive benefits.