December 8, 2015
A recent ABA Litigation News story, “Trend of Cutting Class Action Attorney Fees Continues” reports that the trend of cutting attorney fees in class actions continues. The article states: Class...
November 11, 2015
A recent New York Law Journal story, “Firms’ Discovery Fee Request is Trimmed on 9/11 Litigation” reports that in a sanctions award over defendants’ failure to comply with discovery orders in...
September 23, 2015
A recent GAO Report, “Corporate Bankruptcy: Stakeholders Have Mixed Views on Attorneys’ Fee Guidelines and Venue Selection for Large Chapter 11 Cases (pdf),” finds that bankruptcy professionals...
September 9, 2015
Lexis Nexis, a corporation providing computer assisted legal research as well as business research and risk management services, has published NALFA’s Best Practices in Legal Fee Analysis. The...
In any field of analysis, a professional methodology is always preferred to an ad hoc personal or solo methodology. But in legal fee analysis, each attorney fee expert and legal bill auditor...
August 4, 2015
A recent Wall Street Journal story, “Madoff Trustee’s Firm Seeks Payment of Legal Fees,” reports that the law firm leading the charge to recover the funds that Bernard Madoff stole...
August 3, 2015
Bloomberg BNA Class Action Litigation Report reported on the recent NALFA webinar, “Attorney Fees in Class Actions: Fee Calculations, Hot Issues & Trends.” The Bloomberg...
July 30, 2015
A recent Wall Street Journal story, “Lawyers Squabble Over $81 Million in Fees for Tech Wage Suit,” reports that a four-year lawsuit over hiring practices in Silicon Valley has taken...
A recent Texas Lawyer story, “Judge Issues $4.5M Judgment, but Slashes Plaintiffs’ Lawyer Fees,” reports that plaintiff lawyers won a jury trial and a $4.5 million final judgment for...
A recent American Lawyer story, “An Expensive Victory for the Beastie Boys,” reports that the Beastie Boys had the right to hire a “Cadillac” legal team at Sheppard Mullin to...
