A recent NLJ story by Erin Mulvaney, “Jones Days Warns of ‘Protracted’ Fee Fights if Circuit is Upheld,” reports that Jones Day lawyers, representing CVS Pharmacy Corp., are raising alarms...
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A recent New Jersey Law Journal article by Paul J. Maselli, “Taxation of Attorney Fee Awards in Legal Malpractice Cases,” reports on the taxation of attorney fee awards in legal malpractice...
Law’s $1,000-Plus Hourly Rate Club
July 23, 2018
A recent Wall Street Journal story by Vanessa O’Connell, “Big Law’s $1,000-Plus an Hour Club,” reports that leading attorneys in the U.S. are asking as much as $1,250 an hour, significantly...
A recent New Jersey Law Journal story by Michael Booth, “High-Low Agreement Sets ‘Hard Limit,’ Court Says in Barring Additional Fee Award,” reports that the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that...
A recent Daily Report story by R. Robin McDonald, “How a $534 Property Tax Challenge Ballooned into $83,900 in Legal Fees,” reports that at first glance, a Jackson County couple’s challenge of...
California Agency Seeks Attorney Fees in LSAT Matter
July 18, 2018
A recent The Recorder story by Karen Sloan, “LSAT Maker Owes $529K in Fees, Calif. Agency Asserts,” reports that the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing has requested more than a...
A recent Legal Intelligencer story by PJ D’Annunzio, “In Suit Over Faculty Nuclear Missile Parts, Court Shoots Down $3M Attorney Fee Request,” reports that, in a settled lawsuit over defective...
Hourly Rates Hit $1750 in IP Litigation
July 16, 2018
A recent Law.com story by Scott Graham, “Skilled in the Art: Apple Goes OT in Clash of Titans. Plus Who’s Billing $1,750 an Hour?,” reports that, in a fee award unsealed this week in an...
NY Judge Vents on “Astronomical” Attorney Fee Requests
July 13, 2018
A recent New York Law Journal story by Christine Simmons, “Blasting Greenberg Traurig Request, Judge Says Fees ‘Zooming Out of Control’,” reports that a Manhattan judge has slashed Greenberg...
$1 Billion in Attorney Fees for Madoff Trustee
July 6, 2018
A recent American Lawyer story by Scott Flaherty, “Madoff Trustee Passes Milestone as Baker & Hostetler Fees Near $1B,” reports that, almost a decade into his role as trustee of funds...