A recent American Lawyer story, “Billing $2K an Hour? Study Says Clients Will Pay If Lawyers Deliver,” reports that the top rates paid to the highest-paid partners at U.S. firms rose to a...
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A recent New York Law Journal story, “Judge Ordered to Pay Legal Fees of FIFA Official,” reports that insurers have been ordered to pay the legal fees of a FIFA official arrested in a...
Suit Claims Law Firm Didn’t Comply with Fee Agreement
February 26, 2016
A recent ABA Journal story, “Suit Claims Quinn Emanuel Didn’t Comply with Fee Agreement,” reports that a lawsuit filed last week claims Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan overbilled for its...
Attorney Fees Cross New Threshold: $1,500 Per Hour
February 11, 2016
A recent WSJ story, “Legal Fees Cross New Mark: $1,500 an Hour,” reports that the day of the $1,500-an-hour lawyer has arrived. Partners at some of the nation’s top law firms are...
Non-Prevailing Software Maker Faces $2M in Fees in Patent Case
February 8, 2016
A recent The Recorder story, “Apple Goes After Quinn Client on Patent Fees” reports that Massachusetts software maker Aylus Networks Inc. must have breathed a sigh of relief when four of its 33...
Goldman Sachs Feeling the Pain of Mortgage Litigation
February 3, 2016
A recent Corporate Counsel story, “Goldman Sachs Feeling the Pain of Mortgage,” reports that Goldman Sachs Group Inc. ended 2015 with its third straight quarter of shrinking profits, and the...
Judge Hits Patent Plaintiff with Fee Award
January 28, 2016
A recent Texas Lawyer story, “U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap Hammers Patent Plaintiff with $390K Fee Award,” reports that the bill has finally come due for the first Eastern District of Texas...
Media Company Sues Insurer Over $4M in Legal Fees
January 27, 2016
A recent the Indianapolis Business Journal story, “Emmis Sues Insurer Over $4M in Legal Fees,” reports that Emmis Communications Corp. has filed breach-of-contract suit against a New York-based...
Texas Federal Judge Cuts Fee Request in Half
January 25, 2016
A recent Texas Lawyer story, “Dallas Federal Judge Halves Big Firm’s Fee Awards” reports that Software company ARGO Data Resource got all of what they wanted from David Harper and his team of...
Liberty Mutual on the Hook for Attorney Fees in Gulf Oil Spill
December 1, 2015
A recent Business Insurance story, “Liberty Mutual on Hook for Gulf Oil Spill Attorney Fees” reports that a federal appeals court has ruled against an insurer in its quest to avoid paying...