A recent the Law 360 story by Jess Krochtengel, “Plaintiffs Firms Duel Over Texas Jurisdiction in Fee Fight,” reports that a Rhode Island attorney who served as local counsel for a Texas firm in...
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Archive: 2017
IBM’s Watson Could Help Reduce Outside Counsel Spend
May 19, 2017
A recent the Corporate Counsel story by Jennifer Williams-Alvarez, “IBM Says New Watson Tool Could Dramatically Reduce Outside Counsel Spend,” reports that, a new tool using International...
A recent the Above the Law story by Joe Patrice, “State Accidentally Abolishes ‘American Rule’ for Attorney Fees,” reports that Oklahoma has mistakenly abolished the "American Rule" in...
Pfizer Settles Fee Dispute in $785M FCA Deal
May 10, 2017
A recent the Law 360 story by Brian Amaral, “Pfizer Settles Fee Dispute in $785M FCA Deal,” reports that Pfizer Inc. and a relator who blew the whistle on false claims have agreed to resolve...
AIG Unit Must Pay Defense Fees in Monopoly Case
May 5, 2017
A recent Law 360 story by Ryan Boysen, “AIG Units Owe Sabre Monopoly Defense, NY Panel Says,” reports that Sabre Inc.’s roughly $300 million coverage dispute with two AIG units is headed to...
NALFA’s Fee Dispute Mediation Program is the nation’s only program devoted exclusively to resolving attorney-client fee disputes. NALFA’s Fee Dispute Mediation Program reached a milestone...
Judge Denies Fee Requests in VW Diesel Emission Litigation
April 25, 2017
A recent the Recorder story by Amanda Bronstad, “Breyer Denies Fee Motion in VW Diesel Fraud Case, But Opens Door for Lawyer to Seek Payment From Client,” reports that the federal judge in the...
Ninth Circuit Upholds Fees for Fees Under Statute
April 24, 2017
A recent Metropolitan News story by Kenneth Ofgang, “Panel Upholds Award of ‘Fees-on-Fees’ Under Statute” reports that a statute that permits federal judges to sanction attorneys for...
US Airways Defends $122M Fee Request in Sabre Antitrust Case
April 20, 2017
A recent Law 360 story by Rick Archer, “US Airways Defends $122M Fee Bid in Sabre Antitrust Suit” reports that US Airways defended its request for $122 million in attorneys' fees for its $15...
Question: When Is a $3 Million Attorney Fee Award Painful?
April 19, 2017
Answer: When your fee request was $25 million higher. And so it was in In Re: Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation, pending in federal court...