A recent Law 360 story by Nathan Hale, “Wells Fargo Must Face Claim it Inflated Atty Fee Request,” reports that a Florida trial court erred in finding that borrowers could not sue Wells Fargo for...
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US Trustee: You Can’t Seal Attorney Fees in Chapter 11
April 24, 2019
A recent Law.com by Rose Krebs, “US Trustee Says White Eagle Can’t Keep Fee Bids Sealed,” reports that the Office of the U.S. Trustee told the Delaware bankruptcy court that insurance policy...
NCAA Seeks Billing Records in $45M Attorney Fee Dispute
April 22, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Christopher Cole, “NCAA Demands Billing Records in $45M Atty Fees Fight,” reports that the NCAA is fighting a push for almost $45 million in attorney fees by the legal...
PA Justices Consider Privilege of Legal Bills in Estate Cases
February 13, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Matt Fair, “Pa. Justices to Mull Privilege for Atty Bills in Estate Dispute,” reports that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court agreed to wade into a dispute over whether...
A recent TheIndianaLawyer.com, by Olivia Covington, “COA: Attorney Fee Records Not Protected or Confidential” reports that an Indiana trial court did not err by denying a motion to quash a...
A recent Law 360 story by Christine Powell, “Tribal Co. Can Keep Atty Fees in $3M Gov’t Contract Row,” reports that the Tenth Circuit cemented an attorneys’ fee award given to one of the Fort...
Insurer Fights Fee Discovery in Texas
February 22, 2017
A recent Law 360 story by Michelle Casady, “Texas High Court Told to Nix Attys’ Fee Discovery Ruling,” reports that National Lloyd's Insurance Co. urged the Texas Supreme Court to upend a lower...
A recent law.com story, “Decision on Attorney-Client Privilege Spooks Defense Bar,” reports that a closely divided California Supreme Court limited the protection afforded to legal bills under...
Hotel Booking Sites in $43M Fee Dispute with Texas Municipalities
November 11, 2016
A recent Law 360 story, “Travel Sites Say Their Attys Don’t Owe Texas Cities Info,” reports that a group of hotel booking sites fired back at a class of Texas municipalities seeking information...
Xerox Attorneys Ordered to Disclose Hourly Rates in Fee Dispute
October 24, 2016
A recent Bloomberg BNA story, “In Attorneys’ Fees Dispute, Xerox Ordered to Disclose What It Pays Attorneys,” reports that a federal judge recently ordered Xerox to tell the court how much it...