{"data":{"id":"us/45-cfr-1609.2","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"45 CFR 1609.2","heading":"Definitions.","body":"(a) Fee-generating case means any case or matter which, if undertaken on behalf of an eligible client by an attorney in private practice, reasonably may be expected to result in a fee for legal services from an award to a client.\n(b) Fee-generating case does not include a case where:\n(1) A court appoints a recipient or an employee of a recipient to provide representation in a case pursuant to a statute or a court rule or practice equally applicable to all attorneys in the jurisdiction;\n(2) A recipient undertakes representation under a contract with a government agency or other entity; or\n(3) A recipient provides only advice and counsel or limited services, as those terms are defined in 45 CFR 1611.1(a) and (e), to an eligible client.","path":["Title 45—Public Welfare","Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Public Welfare","CHAPTER XVI—LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION","PART 1609—FEE-GENERATING CASES"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-45.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:21Z","sha256":"ccec97bd6b52dd1b6b391a37e0750fff4f24eae917b30872b85ceb3bf32ebebb","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/45-cfr-1609.1","next":"us/45-cfr-1609.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}