A recent Legal Intelligencer story, by Zack Needles, “Unethical Fee-Splitting Agreements Not Automatically Unenforceable, Justices Say,” reports that, in a closely watched case that waded into...
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Ninth Circuit Backs Attorney Fees in ERISA Appellate Work
November 28, 2017
A recent Law 360 story by Adam Lidgett, “9th Circ. Backs Appellate Attys’ Fees for Benefit Plan,” reports that a Ninth Circuit panel reversed a lower court’s denial of appellate attorneys'...
A recent New Jersey Law Journal story by Michael Booth, “Lawyer’s Pledge of Expected Fee is an Account Receivable, Court Says,” reports that an attorney’s pledge of anticipated counsel fees to...
Class Counsel for Pharmacies Challenge Attorney Fee Reductions
November 15, 2017
A recent Law 360 story by Diana Novak Jones, “Class Attys Fight Fee Cut at 7th Circ. In Pharmacy TCPA Row,” reports that counsel for a class of pharmacies asked the Seventh Circuit to allow them...
Minnesota Supreme Court Rules Attorney Fees are Capped by Policy Limit
November 14, 2017
A recent Claims Journal article by Steven Plitt, “Minnesota Supreme Court Rules that Statutory Attorney’s Fees are Capped by the Policy Limit,” writes about the recent Minnesota Supreme Court...
Jones Day Seeks Fees from EEOC After “Baseless Suit”
November 13, 2017
A recent NLJ story by Erin Mulvaney, “Jones Day Seeks $446K in Fees From EEOC After ‘Baseless Suit’ Goes Nowhere” reports that Jones Day lawyers are seeking hundreds of thousands in legal...
No Fee Enhancement in Prolonged Med Mal Case
November 10, 2017
A recent New York Law Journal story by Jason Grant, “Morelli Denied Enhanced Fee in Seven-Year Long Med Mal Case” reports that the Manhattan-based firm, led by famed civil litigator Benedict...
Samsung Opposes Attorney Fees in “Duplicative Suit”
November 9, 2017
A recent Delaware Business Court Insider story by Tom McParland, “Samsung Opposes Fees in ‘Duplicative’ Suit, Citing Appeal” reports that Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. told a federal judge in...
A recent Met News story, “Enhancement Based on ‘Risk’ Inapplicable in Seeking ‘Fees on Fees’ Award—C.A.” reports that an attorney fee award in connection with work done in securing fees...
A recent Law 360 story by Juan Carlos Rodriguez, “Class Counsel in Dow Pollution Suit Slam Attys’ Fee Bid,” reports that lead class counsel representing residents in a $375 million settlement...