A recent Law 360 story, “Atty Gets Second Chance to Boost Fees in No-Fly List Case,” reports that the Ninth Circuit has kicked back an attorneys’ fee award for lawyers who represented a...
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Archive: 2016
Oracle Gets $46M in Legal Fees
September 23, 2016
A recent Courthouse News story, “Oracle Gets Whopping $46 Million in Legal Fees,” reports that a federal judge has ordered Rimini Street, an independent support provider for enterprise software,...
Some Fee Discovery to Remain Public in Fee Dispute Case
September 21, 2016
A recent Legal Intelligencer story, “In Offit Kurman Fee Dispute, Some Discovery to Remain Public,” reports that, in a fee dispute involving a Philadelphia lawyer it dismissed in 2012, Offit...
NALFA Hosts Second Program with Sitting U.S. District Court Judges
September 20, 2016
The National Association of Legal Fee Analysis (NALFA) is hosting an all judicial panel discussion on court awarded attorney fees. The CLE program is entitled, “View from the Bench: Awarding...
$4.7M in Fees Sought in Animation Workers Antitrust Class Action
September 19, 2016
A recent Law 360 story, “Attys Seek $4.7M in Sony, Fox No-Poach Class Action,” reports that the counsel for a class action accusing Fox, Sony and other major studios of illegally conspiring not to...
$10M in Fees in Sports Authority Bankruptcy
September 13, 2016
A recent Business Den story, “Legal Fees Crest $10M in Sports Authority Bankruptcy,” reports that legal bills for defunct retailer Sports Authority have topped $10 million. A pair of law firms...
Ninth Circuit Restore Rates Cuts for Military Law Group
September 12, 2016
A recent Courthouse News story, “Appeal Puts Double Fee Award in Sight of Lawyers,” reports that the Ninth Circuit blasted a federal judge for stiffing a military-law group on half the fees it...
A recent Daily Business Review article, “Omnibus Insureds and Their Entitlement to Attorney Fees Under Florida Law,” by Christina M. Himmel, explores the third-party right to attorney fees under...
Attorney Fee Discovery Before Texas Supreme Court
September 8, 2016
A recent Law 360 story, “Texas Justices To Hear National Lloyds Fee Discovery Fight,” reports that the Texas Supreme Court agreed to hear a case brought to it by National Lloyds Insurance Co. in...
Arkansas Ballot Referendum Would Cap Attorney Fees in Medical Cases
September 7, 2016
A recent ABA Journal story, “Suits Seek to Block Arkansas Referendum that would Cap Attorney Fees and Damages in Medical Cases,” reports that two lawsuits filed this week seek to block an...