A recent American Lawyer story, “Billing $2K an Hour? Study Says Clients Will Pay If Lawyers Deliver,” reports that the top rates paid to the highest-paid partners at U.S. firms rose to a...
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Report: Top Tier Law Firm Hourly Rates Rising This Year
October 26, 2015
A recent Corporate Counsel story, “Report: Top-Tier Law Firm Rates Surged This Year” reports that law firm billing rates are surging faster than the American to Canadian dollar exchange rates...
GAO Report: Stakeholders Have Mixed Views on Fee Guidelines in Large Chapter 11 Cases
September 23, 2015
A recent GAO Report, “Corporate Bankruptcy: Stakeholders Have Mixed Views on Attorneys’ Fee Guidelines and Venue Selection for Large Chapter 11 Cases (pdf),” finds that bankruptcy professionals...
Patent Fee Award Collection Still Tough Post-Octane
September 4, 2015
A recent Law 360 story, “Collecting Fees Still Tough After Octane, Highmark Cases,” reports that more than a year after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Octane and Highmark decisions made it easier for...
Bloomberg News Covers NALFA Webinar
August 3, 2015
Bloomberg BNA Class Action Litigation Report reported on the recent NALFA webinar, “Attorney Fees in Class Actions: Fee Calculations, Hot Issues & Trends.” The Bloomberg...
Great Reviews for NALFA Webinars
June 3, 2015
NALFA is hosting a series of webinars on attorney fee and legal billing issues throughout 2015. All our webinars are free for NALFA members and NALFA clients. So far this year, NALFA has...
What Patent Attorney Fee Awards Really Look Like
May 13, 2015
A recent article, “What Patent Attorney Fee Awards Really Look Like,” by Saurabh Vishnubhakat published in the Duke Law Journal Online, studies attorney fee awards in patent...
Report: Spike in Patent Attorney Fee Awards Post-Octane
April 28, 2015
A recent PatLit blog post by David Berry of Brooks Kushman PC, “Data Shows Spike in Patent Attorney Fee Motions and Awards After Octane,” reports on an increase in attorney fee...
An upcoming Columbia Law Review article by law professors Lynn Baker and Charles Silver of the University of Texas and Michael Perino of St. John’s University entitled “Is the Price Right:...
A recent study, The 2015 Carlton Fields Jorden Burt Class Action Survey: Best Practices in Reducing Cost and Managing Risk in Class Action Litigation (pdf), reports that across industries, companies...