NALFA recently released the results from our 2020 Litigation Hourly Rate Survey. The results, published in The 2020 Litigation Hourly Rate Survey & Report, contains billing rate data on the very...
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Senior Litigators Now Entering Tier 3 Rates ($651-$900)
August 28, 2021
NALFA recently released the results from our 2020 Litigation Hourly Rate Survey. The results, published in The 2020 Litigation Hourly Rate Survey & Report, contains billing rate data on the very...
Insurer Overpaid Policyholder’s Attorney Fees, Judge Finds
August 25, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Daphne Zhang, “Insurer Overpaid For Policyholder’s Legal Bills, Judge Finds,” reports that a New York federal judge said that an insurer's decision to stop paying a...
A recent Law 360 article by Warren Jackson, “Calif. Ruling Shows That Prevailing Party Wins Can Be Pyrrhic,” reports on a recent court ruling in California on prevailing party issues in...
NALFA Survey: Hourly Rate Data Distribution is Not Bell-Shaped
August 21, 2021
NALFA recently released the results from our 2020 Litigation Hourly Rate Survey. The results, published in The 2020 Litigation Hourly Rate Survey & Report, contains billing rate data on the very...
Eighth Circuit Tosses $1 FLSA Attorney Fee Award
August 19, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Max Kutner, “8th Circ. Axes $1 Atty Fee Award in FLSA Case”, reports that counsel for workers who settled overtime claims against a pipe manufacturer are set to get more...
Class Counsel Seek $4.3M in Fees in ERISA Settlement
August 17, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Rachel Stone, “Columbia Workers’ Counsel Want $4.3M For ERISA Deal”, reports that a class of Columbia University workers and retirees asked a New York federal court for...
Class Counsel Defend Fee Request in Subaru Windshield
August 13, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Jeannie O’Sullivan, “Subaru Windshield Class Counsel Defend $515K Fee Bid”, reports that Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP and Greenstone Law PC sought to justify their...
AIG Unit Denied Attorney Fees in $7.2M Coverage Win
August 6, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Ben Zigterman, “AIG Unit Denied Fees Following $7.2M Coverage Win”, reports that an AIG subsidiary has lost its New York federal court bid to have its reinsurer pay more...
San Francisco & Dallas Join Top Tier Billing Rate Cities
August 3, 2021
The old adage that real estate is all about location, location, location also applies to hourly rates. NALFA recently released its results from its annual hourly rate survey of civil litigation in...