A recent Law 360 story by Kevin Penton, “DC Circ. Vacates $7M Atty Fee Award in Civil Right Row,” reports that a split D.C. Circuit panel tossed a nearly $7 million fee award in a long-running...
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A recent article in Legal Intelligencer by Samuel H. Pond, “The ‘Great Equalizer—How the Contingent Fee Provides Access to Justice” reports on the benefits of the contingency fee model in...
A recent Texas Lawyer story by Angela Morris, “Why Are Civil Defense Lawyers Thrilled the Texas House Passed This Bill?,” reports that, just as lawmakers are pushing to narrow Texas’ anti-SLAPP...
A recent Law 360 story by Michelle Cassady, “4 Ways Rohrmoos Could Change Fee Fights in Texas,” reports that the Texas Supreme Court's recent opinion laying out what evidence is needed to prove...
A recent Law 360 story by Jeff Sistruck, “4 Things Attys Need to Know About Fla’s ‘AOB’ Reform Bill,” reports that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gave the insurance industry cause for celebration...
A recent New York Law Journal story by Jack Newsham, “Milberg Claims Firm Cheated Out of $12M Fee in Argentine Bond Case,” reports that, the plaintiffs firm Milberg has sued a group of European...
MoFo Settles Suit Over Billing Practices in Texas
May 13, 2019
A recent Texas Lawyer story by Brenda Sapino Jeffreys, “MoFo Settles Texas Suit Over Billing Practices,” reports that Morrison & Foerster has settled a lawsuit in Texas state court filed by a...
DOJ Opposes Attorney Fees in Dial Soap Class Action
May 10, 2019
A recent NLJ story by Nate Robson and Amanda Bronstad, “DOJ Opposes $3.8M in Legal Fees in Latest Swipe at Plaintiffs Bar,” reports that the U.S. Justice Department announced it is opposing a...
A recent Law 360 story by Kevin Penton, “Insurer Fights $1.6M Fee Coverage After Atty Mishandled Suit,” reports that an insurance company for a lawyer who was bench-slapped for the “incessant...
A recent Law 360 story by Celeste Bott, “Special Master Defends Fee Divvy in $1.5B GMO Corn Deal,” reports that Heninger Garrison Davis LLC "ignored established law" when it asked for $50 million...