 For example, after authors Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh lost their plagiarism litigation over "The Da Vinci Code" in a British court, they were ordered to pay the defendants' $1.75 million in attorneys' fees.The "American rule" differs; in most cases, each party bears its own expense of litigation.Supporters of tort reform argue that loser-pays rules are fairer, would compensate winners of lawsuits against the costs of litigation, would deter marginal lawsuits and tactical litigation, and would create proper incentives for litigation, and argue for reforms that would require compensation of winning defendants some or all the time.