A recent Daily Business Review article by Jonathan Mann, "Appellate Brief: When Expert Testimony is Required to Obtain an Award of Attorney Fees," reports on whether a party seeking an award of...
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A recent New Jersey Law Journal story by Charles Toutant, “Novel Holding in New Jersey: Law Firm Awarded $10M After Withdrawing From Case,” reports that a New Jersey judge has awarded $10 million...
A recent Legal Intelligencer story by Justin Henry, “Under Economic Pressure, Large Firms May Increasing Sue Clients for Nonpayment,” reports that economic pressures accelerated by the COVID-19...
Fee Dispute Sent to Arbitration Despite Illegal Fee Clause
March 31, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Carolina Bolado, “Atty-Client Spat Sent To Arbitration Despite Illegal Fee Clause,” reports that a Florida state appeals court ruled that a woman's suit against her...
A recent Law 360 story by Nick Muscavage, “Coffee Co. Tries To Turn Up Heat on Sills Cummins in Fee Dispute,” reports that Sills Cummis & Gross PC is facing amended claims of legal...
California Appeals Court Clarifies Law on Attorney Fees
March 13, 2021
A recent The Recorder story by Alaina Lancaster, “Appeals Court Rules on ‘Curious Gap’ in State Law Over Attorney Fees,” reports that a California appeals court ruling underlined “a curious...
Judge Orders Attorney Fee Dispute to Arbitration
March 9, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Emma Whitford, “Atty Must Arbitrate Fee Dispute With Racehorse Trader,” reports that a California judge ordered an attorney to arbitrate her dispute with a U.K. racehorse...
NJ Case Has Lessons on Arbitration Clauses in Attorney Retainers
February 14, 2021
A recent Law 360 article by Hilary Gerzhoy, Deepika Ravi, and Amy Richardson, “NJ Case Has Lessons On Arbitration Clauses in Atty Retainers”, reports on arbitration clauses in attorney retainers...
Second Circuit: No Second Shot for Milberg in $12M Fee Dispute
February 9, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Justin Wise, “2nd Circ. Says No 2nd Shot For Milberg in $12M Fee Dispute”, reports that the Second Circuit upheld a lower court's dismissal of Milberg Coleman Bryson...
Article: The Right Retainer: Classic, Security or Advance-Payment?
February 7, 2021
A recent New York Law Journal article by Milton Williams and Christopher Dioguardi, “Retaining the ‘Right’ Retainer: Classic, Security or Advance-Payment?,” reports on different retainer...