Is Highland Fee Dispute Arbitable?
March 10, 2017
A recent Law 360 story by Martin O’Sullivan, “Arbitrator to Say If Highland Fee Dispute is Arbitrable,” reports that a Delaware Chancery judge has declared that an arbitrator must decide whether...
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Texas High Court to Hear $42M Fee Dispute
March 6, 2017
A recent Law 360 story by Michelle Casady, “Texas High Court to Hear $42M Atty-Client Fee Dispute,” reports that the Texas Supreme Court on granted a request from the owner of a water supply...
Fee Allocation Dispute in NCAA Antitrust Case
February 28, 2017
A recent New York Law Journal by Charles Toutant, “Suit Says Lawyer Has Been Shortchanged on Fees in $60M Video Game Settlement,” reports that a New Jersey lawyer claims in a suit that class...
NALFA: Some Class Counsel Turn to Fee Experts When Seeking Fees
February 27, 2017
Attorney fees are often a bone of contention in class actions. In fact, upon settlement, the only disputes usually to surface center around the attorney fee issues. Upon settlement approval, class...
Fee Allocation Issues in $12M False Claim Act Settlement
February 24, 2017
A recent Law 360 story by Carolina Bolado, “Doctors’ Counsel Ask Courts to Divide Fees in $12M FCA Deal,” reports that Aronovitz Law asked a Florida federal court to help divide the attorneys'...
NFL Concussion Settlement Kicks Off $112.5M Fee Dispute
February 23, 2017
A recent Delaware Law Weekly story, by P.J. D’Annunzio, “Stage Set for $112.5M Fee Fight in NFL Concussion Case,” reports that, although the NFL concussion litigation has ended in a $1 billion...
Attorneys Challenge Low Fee Award Before Ninth Circuit
February 21, 2017
A recent Law 360 story by Dorothy Atkins, “Kraft Buyers’ ‘Greedy’ Attys Fight Low Fee Award at 9th Circ,” reports that attorneys who extracted a confidential settlement from Kraft Foods over...
What are Best Practice in Outside Legal Fee Analysis?
February 20, 2017
Legal fee analysis is the comprehensive review and analysis of attorney fees and costs in an outside legal matter. Professionals who perform outside legal fee analysis include attorney fee experts,...
Judge Moves Fee Dispute from Arbitration to Court
February 17, 2017
A recent New York Law Journal story by Christine Simmons, “Boies Claims Win After Judge Moves Fee Fight to Court,” reports that a Manhattan judge has stayed an arbitration brought by Boies...
Attorneys Seek Sanctions in Bayer MDL Fee Dispute
February 13, 2017
A recent Law 360 story by Emily Field, “Lead Attys Want Discovery Sanctions in Bayer MDL Fee War,” reports that lead attorneys who represented farmers in litigation over Bayer’s genetically...