Court Says Lloyds of London Must Pay Legal Bills
March 16, 2010
Reuters reports that a federal appeals court ruled on Monday that insurer Lloyd's of London must pay claims related to alleged swindler Allen Stanford’s legal defense. The...
March 16, 2010
Reuters reports that a federal appeals court ruled on Monday that insurer Lloyd's of London must pay claims related to alleged swindler Allen Stanford’s legal defense. The...
March 10, 2010
Acting on behalf of the attorney fee practice and in the interests of attorney fee jurisprudence, NALFA has filed an amicus curiae brief in the Supreme Court of California in support of the...
A recent article, “Court Tosses Fee Award, Saying Trustee Overpaid for Rolls Royce Defense” reported that a California appeals court has snatched away $5 million in fees from attorneys at...
February 3, 2010
A recent article, "Federal Judge Calls Second Circuit's Approach to Calculation of Attorney Fees ‘Condescending'" reports that faced with a remand of an attorney fee award ordering him to "apply...
January 22, 2010
Ever wonder about the meaning of "prevailing party" under Section 502 (g) of ERISA? If so, you are in luck. The U.S. Supreme Court is about to take up this issue, perhaps as soon as...
January 20, 2010
An article, "Timeliness of Motion for Attorney Fees in the Federal Courts of Appeal: The Benefits of a Uniform Rule" by Phineas E. Leahey of Jones Day in New York surveys the differing...
January 7, 2010
The central holding in Worley v. Storage USA, Inc, et al. is that the trial court was required to calculate reasonable attorney fees using the lodestar approach, given that no common fund...