A recent Bloomberg Law story by Daniel Gill, “Professional Fees in Puerto Rico Restructuring Pass $400 Million,” reports that attorneys and financial advisers employed in Puerto Rico’s epic...
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A recent Law 360 story by Michelle Cassady, “4 Ways Rohrmoos Could Change Fee Fights in Texas,” reports that the Texas Supreme Court's recent opinion laying out what evidence is needed to prove...
A recent Law 360 story by Kevin Penton, “Insurer Fights $1.6M Fee Coverage After Atty Mishandled Suit,” reports that an insurance company for a lawyer who was bench-slapped for the “incessant...
A recent Law 360 story by Celeste Bott, “Special Master Defends Fee Divvy in $1.5B GMO Corn Deal,” reports that Heninger Garrison Davis LLC "ignored established law" when it asked for $50 million...
A recent The Recorder story by Amanda Bronstad, “Plaintiffs Lawyers in $800M Chrysler Emissions Settlement Want $66M,” reports that plaintiffs lawyers who helped craft an $800 million settlement...
Judge May Get Involved in Pelvic Mesh Fee Allocation Dispute
April 23, 2019
A recent Law.com by Max Mitchell, “Pelvic Mesh Judge Isn't Obligated to Probe Allegations of 'Self-Dealing' in Fee Fight--But He Might Dive In,” reports that although allegations of fee-padding...
Legal Fees in Puerto Rico Bankruptcy Under Review
March 13, 2019
A recent Caribbean Business story by Eva Llorens Velez, “Legal Fees in Puerto Rico Bankruptcy Drop,” reports that the examiner of fees charged by lawyers and professionals in Puerto Rico’s...
Court Ends Fee Dispute in Acacia Derivative Action
February 5, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Aaron Leibowitz, “Acacia Shareholders’ Attys End Up with $725K in Fee Fight,” reports that the attorneys who brought a derivative suit against Acacia Communications...
Judge Blasts Attorney for Wasting Time, Awards $1.6M in Fees
January 29, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Daniel Siegal, “Judge Blasts Atty for Wasting Time, Awards $1.6M in Fees,” reports that a Denver federal judge awarded a host of insurance companies nearly $1.6 million...
Fee Expert John O’Connor Helps Resolve Fee Dispute in Class Action
January 22, 2019
In a case in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, Everett Jewett, et. al. v. Shasta County Sheriff Department, et. al., John D. O’Connor, a NALFA member, of O’Connor...