You ask:

"Does anyone else see the incentive for DM to negotiate as many royalty deals as they can for ALL contingency clients?"...

Of course they would. Contingency Fee practice is a boom and bust practice...

A royalty based regular revenue is the envy of every lawyer having to worry about cash flow management, especially in this economy...

Why do you think lawyers like FISH are anxious to join up with DM? It is because they have hit on the formula that assures survival of the Law Firm in Good and Bad times.

Gil...