A recent Wall Street Journal story, “Judge Chides Lawyers on Twin Cities Archdiocese Bankruptcy Fees,” reports that a Minneapolis bankruptcy judge criticized legal fees and expenses...
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Madoff Trustee Seeks an Additional $40M in Fees
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...
Court Upholds $1.7M Fee Award in Insurance Dispute
July 1, 2015
A recent New Jersey Law Journal story, “Court Upholds $1.7M Fee Awards in Title Insurance Dispute,” reports that a New Jersey appeals court has upheld a $1.7 million attorney fee award...
Great Reviews for NALFA Webinars
June 3, 2015
NALFA is hosting a series of webinars on attorney fee and legal billing issues throughout 2015. All our webinars are free for NALFA members and NALFA clients. So far this year, NALFA has...
Fees Insurer Must Pay Deemed Reasonable in Asbestos Cases
January 30, 2015
A recent New York Law Journal story, “Legal Fees Charged in Asbestos Cases Deemed Reasonable,” reports that a New York federal magistrate judge has recommended that an insurer pay $8.8...
Third Circuit Got it Wrong on Advancement of Defense Costs
November 19, 2014
A recent New Jersey Law Journal editorial, “Third Circuit Got It Wrong on Advancement of Defense Costs,” writes about the recent decision in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third...
The Root Cause of Skyrocketing Defense Costs
November 14, 2014
A recent article, “The Root Cause of Skyrocketing Defense Costs,” by Douglas W. Greene of Lane Powell’s blog, D&O Discourse, discusses the skyrocketing costs of defending...
Expand Fee-Shifting in Insurance Coverage Disputes in New Jersey
October 28, 2014
A recent New Jersey Law Journal editorial, “Fee-Shifting in Insurance Disputes Should Be Expanded,” discusses the history and the current state of affairs of attorney fee recovery in...
Insurer Denies Attorney Fee Coverage
September 22, 2014
A recent Legal Intelligencer story, “AmerisourceBergen Denied Attorney Fee Coverage,” reports that AmerisourceBergen is not entitled to have attorney fees incurred from a...
Jury to Decide if Goldman Sachs Pays Legal Bills
September 12, 2014
A recent New Jersey Law Journal story, “Jury to Decide if Goldman Sachs Pays Ex-Employee's Legal Bill,” reports that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has reversed an order...