10 Tips From Plaintiffs' Lawyers for Cutting Legal Costs
September 5, 2013
Plaintiffs’ lawyers and defense counsel use different billing models. Defense lawyers typically bill by the hour with their fees paid by a corporate client. Typically,...
September 5, 2013
Plaintiffs’ lawyers and defense counsel use different billing models. Defense lawyers typically bill by the hour with their fees paid by a corporate client. Typically,...
August 20, 2013
A recent Metropolitan News story, “Attorney with Disbelieved Time Records to Receive No Fee,” reports that an attorney who sought nearly $25 million in attorney fees based on her...
August 18, 2013
A recent ABA Journal story, “Lawyers in Multiple States Face Inquiry, or Worse, Over Legal Fees in Mortgage Foreclosure Matters,” reports that foreclosure lawyers in multiple states are...
A recent ABA Journal story, “Slashing $26M in Legal Fees from Citigroup Case, Judge Cites $550/hr Charge for $15/hr Contract Work” reports that a federal judge has slashed by 27 percent...
A recent Denver Post story, “Colorado Foreclosure Lawyers Target of Probe into Billing Practices,” reports that the Colorado attorney general is investigating whether law firms...
November 9, 2012
A recent The Recorder story, “Grewal Takes Red Pen to Legal Bills in Apple-Samsung Feud,” reports that U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal ordered Samsung Electronics Co. to pay $21,554 to Apple...
A recent NLJ story, “Despite Quibbles, Plaintiffs’ Firms Like Estimate of Bluetooth Fees” reports that plaintiffs’ attorneys in the Motorola Bluetooth headset litigation, whose...
A recent NLJ story, “Dispute Bluetooth Settlement Actually Underpays Plaintiffs’ Team, Defense Says” reports that plaintiffs’ attorneys in the Motorola Bluetooth headset...
November 3, 2011
A recent New York Law Journal story, “Circuit Pares Emery Firm’s Fee in Favor of Plaintiffs’ Committee” reports that the long-running dispute over the allocation of attorney...
November 2, 2011
A recent ABA Journal post, “Judge Orders Ogletree Deakins to Turn Over Records in Billing Dispute, But Protects Privileged Info” reports that an Arizona judge order Ogletree, Deakins,...