A recent Law 360 story by Aaron Leibowitz, “$75M Fee Award in State Street Row Faces Judge’s Scrutiny,” reports that a Boston federal judge heard arguments on whether to reduce a $75 million...
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A recent Texas Lawyer story by Angela Morris, “Detailed Evidence Needed to Prove Attorney Fee Award as Sanction High Court Rules,” reports that even when a litigant is sanctioned for filing a...
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...
An article on the ABA website by Todd C. Scott, “Nine Rules for Billing Ethically and Getting Paid on Time,” reports on the ethical rules on legal billing. This article was posted with...
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...
MoFo Settles Suit Over Billing Practices in Texas
May 13, 2019
A recent Texas Lawyer story by Brenda Sapino Jeffreys, “MoFo Settles Texas Suit Over Billing Practices,” reports that Morrison & Foerster has settled a lawsuit in Texas state court filed by a...
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...
A recent Legal Intelligencer article by Colin Wrabley and Devin Misour of Reed Smith LLP, “Cautionary Tales on Recovering Attorney Fees in the Third Circuit,” reports on a trio of appellate...
$2.4M Fee Award in CPI Credit Card IPO Action
March 14, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Matthew Guarnaccia, “Credit Card Co. Investors Score $2.4M in IPO Suit Atty Fees,” reports that the New York federal judge overseeing a class action lawsuit related to...
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...