A recent Legal Intelligencer story by Max Mitchell, “Fla. Firms Challenge Fee Liens in Nearly 200 NFL Concussion Cases,” reports that four Florida law firms that banded together into a limited...
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Texas High Court to Hear $7.2M Fee Dispute
June 26, 2017
A recent Texas Lawyer story by John Council, “Texas High Court Picks Up Oil Family’s $7.2M Attorney Fee Fight,” reports that one of Dallas' wealthiest families has frustrated federal courts...
A recent Reuters story by Allison Frankel, “4th Circuit: In Fee Awards, Judges Must Consider Risk and Results,” reports on a case involving contingency fee risk in awarding attorney fees. The...
Pfizer Settles Fee Dispute in $785M FCA Deal
May 10, 2017
A recent the Law 360 story by Brian Amaral, “Pfizer Settles Fee Dispute in $785M FCA Deal,” reports that Pfizer Inc. and a relator who blew the whistle on false claims have agreed to resolve...
Read This Before You Go the Contingency Fee Route
March 3, 2017
A recent CEBblog article by Julie Brook, “Read This Before You Go the Contingency Fee Route,” discusses some of the pitfalls of contingency fees in California. This article was posted with...
Judge Moves Fee Dispute from Arbitration to Court
February 17, 2017
A recent New York Law Journal story by Christine Simmons, “Boies Claims Win After Judge Moves Fee Fight to Court,” reports that a Manhattan judge has stayed an arbitration brought by Boies...
The Possible Consequences of Pursuing Outstanding Legal Fees
January 18, 2017
A recent New York Law Journal article, “The Possible Consequences of Pursing Outstanding Legal Fees,” by Sue C. Jacobs of Goodman & Jacbos LLP in New York, considers the consequences of...
PA Court: Email Can Memorialize Contingency Fee Agreement
August 23, 2016
A recent Legal Intelligencer story, “Court: Email Can Cement Contingent Fee Arrangement,” reports that an email sent by an attorney to his client memorializing a contingent fee arrangement was...
NJ Panel: Anticipated Legal Fees Constitute an Asset
August 19, 2016
A recent Law 360 story, “Future Attys’ Fees Can Be Security Interest, NJ Panel Says,” reports that the New Jersey Appellate Division for the first time clarified that anticipated legal fees...
A recent Law 360 article, “Atty Who Quit Before $27M BofA Verdict Still Get Fees” reports that a Massachusetts attorney with a contingency agreement should get fees after representing a car...