Attorney Calls $41M Fee Award "Lousy"
September 30, 2010
A recent Houston Chronicle story, “Ex-Clients Sue Lawyer Over Diet Drug Settlement” reports that ten former clients have sued George M. Fleming of Fleming & Associates, LLP in...
September 30, 2010
A recent Houston Chronicle story, “Ex-Clients Sue Lawyer Over Diet Drug Settlement” reports that ten former clients have sued George M. Fleming of Fleming & Associates, LLP in...
September 28, 2010
A recent NLJ story, “Judge Citing ‘Egregious Breach’ Slashes BAR/BRI Fees” reports that U.S. District Judge Manuel Real in Los Angeles, citing “egregious breach of...
September 16, 2010
A recent law.com story, “$35 Million More in Interim Fees Awarded in Madoff Case” reports that Trustee Irving H. Picard of Baker & Hostetler, LLP in New York and a team of lawyers...
September 15, 2010
A recent law.com story, “Departures From Billing Standards Lead to Loss of $424,000 in Fees” reports that U.S. District Judge Susan Wigenton in New Jersey slashed $424,332 from a $2.9...
September 9, 2010
A recent law.com story, “Court Vacates $99,000 Fee to Counsel for Plaintiff Who Won $650” reports that a New Jersey appeals court overturned a $99,252 fee award in a consumer fraud case,...
September 2, 2010
In its strict sense, billing judgment is that judgment attorneys exercise to adjust or write down fees and/or expenses incurred by the attorneys, or those within their control because, in the exercise...
August 26, 2010
A recent law.com story, “Judge Approves Less Than Half of Milberg’s ‘Unusual’ Added Fees Request” reports that U.S. District Court Judge Richard M. Berman in New York has...
August 17, 2010
A recent law.com story, “In $22 Million Fee Swing, 9th Circuit Vacates Attorney Fee Award to EchoStar” reports that U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reverses fee award after...
August 3, 2010
A recent NLJ story, “Judge: Nixon Peabody Charged Excessive Fees” reports that a federal judge has ruled that Nixon Peabody charged excessive fees in a legal battle between aviation...
July 27, 2010
A recent NLJ story, “POM Sues Hogan Lovells Over Legal Tab” reports that POM Wonderful has filed a lawsuit in District of Columbia Superior Court with accusations of “unnecessary and...