A recent Daily Business Review story by Samantha Joseph, “In Fight for Attorney Fees ‘Prevailing Party’ Becomes Slippery Notion,” reports that foreclosure defense attorney Jeffrey H. Papell...
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A recent ABA Journal story by Debra Cassens Weiss, “Billing Client in Minimum 15-Minute Increments Wasn’t Abusive, Wyoming Supreme Court Says,” reports that a law firm that routinely billed a...
A recent Law.com story by Matthew R. Weisberg, “Terminated Mid-Stream: What Are Contingent Fee Lawyer’s Remedies?” reports on being fired in the middle of a contingency fee agreement. This...
A recent AP story by Bruce Schreiner, “Bill Advances to Limit Fees to Outside Attorneys,” reports that over objections from Kentucky’s Democratic attorney general, GOP lawmakers took another...
UK Judge Criticizes ‘Extremely High’ Fees in Black Rock Case
March 22, 2018
A recent Law.com story by Joseph Evans, “High Court Judge Criticises ‘Extremely High’ Weil Gotshal Fees for Work on BlackRock Dispute,” reports that a High Court judge has criticised the...
Judge Questions $75M in Fees in Puerto Rico Bankruptcy
March 21, 2018
A recent Big Law Business story by Elizabeth Olson, “Judge Pushes Back Against $75M in Fees for Puerto Rico Bankruptcy,” reports that Puerto Rico’s debt reorganization is not a year old, but...
NALFA Featured in ALM Article on Billing Rates
March 20, 2018
A recent Daily Business Review story by Samantha Joseph, “Spoiler Alert: Most of South Florida’s Top Law Firm Billers Are Men,” reports on gender disparity in billing rates in South Florida....
Opinion: End Excessive Fees in Class Action Litigation
March 19, 2018
A recent Law.com editorial by the Law Journal Editorial Board, “End Excessive Fees in Class Action Litigation,” opines on attorney fees in class action litigation. It reads: Final approval...
Ninth Circuit: Government Can Hire Contingency Fees Lawyers
March 16, 2018
A recent The Recorder story by Amanda Bronstad, “9th Circuit OKs Government’s Hiring of Law Firms on Contingency,” reports that a California district attorney’s hiring of outside law firms on...
A recent Law.com and FC&S Legal story by Steven Meyerowitz, “After Deducting 10 Percent for Block Billing, Texas Court Awards Plaintiff in ERISA Case $243,000 in Attorney’s Fees” reports...