September 21, 2016
A recent Legal Intelligencer story, “In Offit Kurman Fee Dispute, Some Discovery to Remain Public,” reports that, in a fee dispute involving a Philadelphia lawyer it dismissed in 2012, Offit...
September 1, 2016
Attorney fee disputes are often a result from a breakdown in the attorney-client relationship or in the fee agreement. Mediation is the quickest, simplest, and most cost effective way to resolve...
August 2, 2016
A recent Law 360 article, “5 Tips For When GCs Balk at the Bill,” by Jimmy Hoover reports on general counsel and legal costs. Two NALFA members, Joe Studer and John O’Connor, were interviewed...
July 22, 2016
A recent Bloomberg Law story “Beastie Boys’ $845,000 Legal Fee Award Will Be Cut” reports the Beastie Boys will have to settle for less than the $845,000 in legal fees that a court ordered paid...
NALFA recently conducted a survey of federal and state judges in some of the nation’s busiest courts. NALFA asked over a 1,000 trial-level judges a range of questions related to awarding attorney...
June 2, 2016
A recent Delaware Law Weekly story, “Two Wilmington Firms’ Battle Over Attorney Fees Rolls on Fees,” reports that a heated fee dispute between two Wilmington law firms will continue to play out...
April 27, 2016
A recent Legal Intelligencer story, “Ex-NFL Players Sue Lawyers Over Fees in Concussion Case,” reports that former professional football players involved in the NFL concussion litigation have...
April 22, 2016
A recent Texas Lawyer story, “Former Galveston Attorney Wins Appeal on Attorney Fees” reports that a Houston appeals court issued an opinion affirming a judgment awarding former Galveston...
April 8, 2016
A recent Bloomberg BNA story, “Big Law Docket Scanner: Firms Do Battle Over Unpaid Fees” reports that some law firms use courts to collect unpaid legal fees. Below is a list of large law firms...
March 31, 2016
A recent Texas Lawyer story, “Jenner & Block $3M Fee Award Appeal Could Change Arbitration Law” reports that a former patent client is taking its $3 million attorney fee fight against Jenner...
