---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 1609.2"
title: "45"
number: "1609.2"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/1609.2"
---

# §1609.2. Definitions.

- (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.
- (b) **Fee-generating case—** does not include a case where:
  - (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;
  - (2) A recipient undertakes representation under a contract with a government agency or other entity; or
  - (3) A recipient provides only advice and counsel or limited services, as those terms are defined in 45 CFR [1611.1(a)](/cfr/45/1611.1.md?p=a) and [(e)](/cfr/45/1611.1.md?p=e), to an eligible client.

## Notes

### Amendments

[62 FR 19399, Apr. 21, 1997, as amended at 82 FR 20446, May 2, 2017]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2996g(e).

### Source

Source: 62 FR 19399, Apr. 21, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[62 FR 19399, Apr. 21, 1997, as amended at 82 FR 20446, May 2, 2017]