A recent Metropolitan News story, “Attorney Fees May Be Awarded Based on Indemnity Clause Where Party Itself Sues,” reports that Kerri Walsh Jennings, a beach volleyball player who has captured...
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Archive: 2019
Texas Attorney Fee Dispute Heads to Arbitration
July 29, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Sarah Jarvis, “Texas Attys Must Arbitrate Dispute Over Referral Fees,” reports that a dispute between two Texas attorneys over fees stemming from a referral agreement for...
A recent Daily Report story by R. Robin McDonald, “11th Circuit Scraps $15M Attorney Fee Award in Home Depot Litigation” reports that a federal appeals court has vacated a $15.3 million legal fee...
NALFA CLE Program Covered by Missouri Lawyers Media
July 25, 2019
NALFA hosted a CLE program, “View From the Bench: Awarding Attorney Fees in Federal Litigation” on May 30, 2019. This CLE program featured 3 sitting federal judges, the Honorable Eduardo C....
A recent Law 360 story by Rose Krebs, “Chancery Awards $3M Fees for ‘Significant’ Bylaws Challenge,” reports that the Delaware Chancery Court on awarded $3 million in fees to an investor...
ABA Calls USPTO Attorney Fee Rule ‘Radical’
July 22, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Bill Donahue, “ABA Rips USPTO Attorney Fee Rule as ‘Radical’,” reports that the American Bar Association asked the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down the U.S. Patent...
A recent Law 360 story by Matthew Santoni, “Don’t Give Attys Fees for Losing ADA Award ‘Win’. Co. Says,” reports that a Pittsburgh claims administration and management company said that...
A recent scholarly article by law professors Stephen J. Choi, Jessica Erickson and Adam C. Pritchard, “Working Hard or Making Work? Plaintiffs’ Attorney Fees in Securities Fraud Class Actions,...
Kirkland Leans Into Contingency Fee Litigation
July 17, 2019
A recent American Lawyer story by Jack Newsham, “Kirkland’s Push Into Contingency Fee Litigation Not Threatening, Firm Leaders Say” reports that in the wake of Kirkland & Ellis’...
A recent Property Casualty Focus article by Amanda Proctor of Carlton Fields, “The Privilege Maintains Its Power: Texas Supreme Court Blocks Discovery of Insurer Attorney’s Billing...