Legal Bills for US Banks Exceed $100B
September 2, 2013
A recent Bloomberg story, “U.S. Bank Legal Bills Exceed $100 Billion,” reports that since the financial crisis the six biggest U.S. banks, led by JP Morgan Chase & Co. and Bank of...
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Wall Street Debates Who Should Pay the Legal Bills
August 24, 2013
A recent New York Times story, “Wall Street Debates Who Should Pay Legal Bills,” by Andrew Ross Sorkin reports that the debate about who should foot the legal bill is an increasingly...
Study: In-House Counsel Seeing Increase in Outside Legal Spend
August 17, 2013
A recent Corporate Counsel story, “In-House Counsel Seeing Increase in Litigation,” reports that more than one-third of general counsel in a recent survey, “Litigation &Corporate...
Report: Local Governments Overpaid for Legal Fees
June 27, 2013
A recent NJ Today story, “State Comptroller Finds Local Governments are Wasting Money on Improper Legal Fees,” reports that the New Jersey Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) review of...
Penn. Supreme Court: Legal Bills Can Be Disclosed
April 26, 2013
A recent Legal Intelligencer story, “Client Identities, Legal Bills Can Be Disclosed, Court Rules,” reports that the disclosure of client identities is only protected by the...
How to Protect Against Outside Counsel Overbilling
April 23, 2013
A recent Corporate Counsel story, “How to Protect Against Outside Counsel Overbilling,” written by Steven Barentzen offers tips for corporate counsel to protect themselves against...
The National Association of Legal Fee Analysis (NALFA) has launched a new pilot project that focuses on attorney fees in MDLs. Our objective is to work with courts to publish attorney fee award...
DLA Responds to Overbilling Charge
April 1, 2013
DLA Piper has issued a memo (pdf) is response to The New York Times story, “Suit Offers a Peek at the Practice of Inflating a Legal Bill” and in response to the suit, DLA Piper v....
DLA Emails Reveal Overt Overbilling in Bankruptcy Matter
March 27, 2013
A recent New York Law Journal story, “DLA Piper Emails Reveal Firm Overbilled, Former Client Says,” reports that a former DLA Piper client who is challenging the firm over attorney fees...
Insurer Off the Hook for Sandusky's Legal Bills
March 5, 2013
A recent Legal Intelligencer story, “Second Mile Insurer Off the Hook for Sandusky’s Legal Bills,” reports that an insurer of the charity started by convicted serial child molester...