A recent Law 360 story by Hailey Konnath, “’SoCal Edison’s Insurer Ordered To Pay Wildfire Attorney Fees”, reports that the insurer for Southern California Edison Co. must pay in full the...
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Ninth Circuit Affirms Fee Reduction in Class Settlement
August 15, 2023
A recent Law 360 story by Rachel Riley, “9th Circ. Oks Fee Cut In Progressive Deal Over Totaled Cars”, reports that a Ninth Circuit panel ruled that a lower court had the discretion to decide a $5...
New Billing Rate Matrix Adopted to Set Fees in DC Litigation
August 14, 2023
A recent Bloomberg Law story by Bernie Pazanowski, “’Fitzpatrick Matrix Adopted for Setting DC Attorneys’ Fees Awards”, reports that a government employee in Washington, who settled a...
Law Firm Denied Partner Billing Rates in Litigation
August 11, 2023
A recent ABA Journal story by Debra Cassens Weiss, “Big Law Firm Partners Awarded Fraction of Their $1,500-Plus Hourly Legal Fees”, reports that two Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher partners usually...
Insurer Owes Attorney Fees After Reduction in Fees
August 3, 2023
A recent Law 360 story by Elizabeth Daley, “Insurer Owes Sugar Co. $3.5M After Fee Cut in Emissions Suit”, reports that United States Sugar Corp. cannot recoup from its insurer all it spent in a...
Record $267M Attorney Fee Award in $1B Dell Settlement
August 2, 2023
A recent Law 360 story by Jeff Montgomery, “Five Firms Win Record $266.7M Fee From $1B Dell Settlement”, reports that the Delaware Chancery Court gave the nod to a record $266.7 million fee award...
Article: Making the Most of Defense Attorneys’ Fee Awards
August 1, 2023
An article, “Making the Most of Defense Attorneys’ Fee Award,” in DRI’s For the Defense, by Adam M. Koss and Heather A. Barnes reports on attorney fee awards for prevailing defense counsel. ...
Former Client Owes $1M in Unpaid Legal Bills, Jury Finds
July 25, 2023
A recent Law 360 story by Brian Steele, “Ex-Client Owes McCarter & English $1M For Bills, Jury Finds”, reports that McCarter & English LLP won a clean sweep of a multiparty verdict in...
Client Didn’t Notice Billing Rate Hikes, Jury Hears
July 14, 2023
A recent Law 360 story by Brian Steele, “McCarter & English Client Didn’t Notice Rate Hikes, Jury Hears”, reports that a dietary supplement company founder battling McCarter & English...
Lawsuit Reveals Wachtell’s Billing Practices
July 11, 2023
A recent Law.com story by Dan Roe, “Twitter Fee Lawsuit Brings Wachtell’s Billing Practices to Light”, reports that, in addition to charging hourly fees on par with top Wall Street law firms,...