House Republicans Seek to Limit Attorney Fees
March 8, 2011
A recent BLT Blog post, “Two House Republicans Push Limiting Cobell Legal Fees to $50M” reports that two House Republicans last week introduced legislation to cap the legal fees in the...
March 8, 2011
A recent BLT Blog post, “Two House Republicans Push Limiting Cobell Legal Fees to $50M” reports that two House Republicans last week introduced legislation to cap the legal fees in the...
A recent Texas Lawyer story, “Firm Alleges Former Client Didn’t Pay Fees” reports that Houston-based Roach & Newton, LLP has sued former clients Walter Teachworth and TFT...
March 3, 2011
Lawyers in the U.S. Department of Justice and a former U.S. Senator have all come out against the plaintiffs’ attorney fee request in Cobell v. Salazar. Plaintiffs’ lawyers in the...
February 23, 2011
A recent NLJ story, “1st Circuit Deems Plaintiffs Who Achieved Settlement ‘Prevailing Parties’ Entitled to Fees” reports that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit has...
February 11, 2011
A recent NLJ story, “Federal Circuit: Lawyers in Vaccine Cases Not Entitled to Fees that Apply to in Complex Litigation” reports that in a precedential opinion, Rodriguez v. Secretary of...
February 4, 2011
In a recent law.com story, “Foster Care Case Tests Court’s Attorney Fee Bonus Ruling” reports that some law firms have reacted to the delay in an attorney fee award in the Georgia...
January 26, 2011
A recent law.com story, “Foster Care Case Tests High Court’s Attorney Fee Bonus Ruling” reports that children’s rights advocates, whose suit forced major reforms in...
A recent NLJ story, “Two Firms Seek up to $6.5M for Work on Settlement Yielding Shareholders No Monetary Benefit” reports that two plaintiffs’ law firms plan to ask the Delaware...
A recent BLT Blog story, “Plaintiffs’ Lawyers: Fee Cap in Cobell Suit Conflicts with Law” reports that the nearly $100 million legal fee cap in a landmark class action in Washington...
November 3, 2010
A recent NLJ story, “Massachusetts Challenges Fee Award in a Case the Settled Pretrial” reports that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit heard oral arguments in Hutchison v....