December 22, 2016
A recent The Recorder article, “Things to Think About Before Suing a Client Over Past-Due Bills,” by Randy Evans and Sheri Klevens considers suing clients over past due legal bills. The article...
December 20, 2016
A recent New York Law Journal Law story, “Law Firm Deserved Higher Fee Award, Panel Says,” reports that a Manhattan-based law firm has more than tripled an award linked to unpaid legal fees after...
December 19, 2016
A recent Law 360 story, “ABA Urges Caution on Client Info in Fee Dispute Withdrawals,” reports that lawyers and judges should cooperate to protect client confidences when attorneys want to...
December 8, 2016
A recent American Lawyer story, “Elite Law Firms Increasingly Suing Clients to Collect Fees,” reports that the days of large law firms allowing clients to skip or delay paying bills are...
November 18, 2016
Almost every fee dispute program in the U.S. is administered by a bar association. According to the 2008 ABA Fee Arbitration Survey, 36 states have some ADR program that include fee dispute...
Attorney fee disputes are the result of a breakdown in the attorney-client relationship. This breakdown may be a misunderstanding in the fee agreement or confusion over the law firm billing...
November 11, 2016
A recent Law 360 story, “Travel Sites Say Their Attys Don’t Owe Texas Cities Info,” reports that a group of hotel booking sites fired back at a class of Texas municipalities seeking information...
November 8, 2016
A recent Legal Intelligencer story, “Philadelphia Newspapers Settle Morgan Lewis Fee-Bilking Row,” reports that Morgan, Lewis & Bockius has settled its fee dispute with Philadelphia Media...
November 7, 2016
A recent New York Law Journal story, “Danish Company Fights Arbitration of Attorney Fees with Boies Schiller,” reports that a Danish beverage company says it's not bound to arbitration to resolve...
November 3, 2016
A recent Bloomberg BNA story, “Bankruptcy Attorney Can Get Fees for Supplementing Fee Application,” reports that an attorney employed by a Chapter 7 trustee can recover $27,520 in fees he incurred...
