A recent Law 360 article by Chris Seezen, “5 Tips for Drafting Effective Legal Billing Guidelines” reports on tips for drafting effective legal billing guidelines. This article was posted with...
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Archive: 2020
Federal Circuit Reverses Fee Award in Sippy Cup IP Case
June 10, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Tiffany Hu, “Fed. Circ. Reverses Atty Fee Award in Sippy Cup IP Case” reports that the Federal Circuit ruled that a failed patent lawsuit over spill-proof sippy cups is...
A recent Metropolitan News story, “Client’s Acknowledgement of Fee-Splitting is Not ‘Consent’” reports that a lawyer cannot collect an agreed-upon referral fee from another attorney where...
Humana Does Want Attorney Fee Dispute in SCOTUS
June 8, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Adam Lidgett, “Humana Says Atty Fee Fight Not Worth High Court’s Time” reports that health insurer Humana has urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to review the Fifth...
Court Uses Special Fee Master to Award Attorney Fees
June 6, 2020
Following Straight Path IP Group’s, the patent owner’s, unsuccessful appeal, Apple and Cisco moved for reasonable attorney’s fees. Although the district court reaffirmed the exceptionality of...
Article: Fee Sharing Between Discharged Counsel and New Counsel in Contingent Fee Cases
June 5, 2020
A recent The Legal Intelligencer article by Sarah Sweeney and Thomas Wilkinson of Cozen O'Connor, “Fee Division Between Discharged Counsel and New Counsel in Contingent Fee Cases” reports on the...
A recent Law 360 story by Ryan Davis, “Fed. Circ. Says It Can’t Award Atty Fees Tied to PTAB Cases” reports that the Federal Circuit said that it cannot award attorney fees for allegedly...
A recent Law 360 story by Mike Curley, “Opioid MDL Judge Orders More Briefing on $3B Atty Fees” reports that an Ohio federal judge overseeing sprawling opioid multidistrict litigation adopted the...
A recent article by Gregory G. Brown, “Recovery of Attorneys’ Fees in CA Under the ‘Tort of Another’” reports on the recovery of attorney fees under the Tort of Another doctrine in...
A recent Law 360 story by Dave Simpson, “Atty Fees OK in Copyright Declaratory Relief Actions: 9th Circ.” reports that any legal action that hinges on the existence of a valid copyright and...