A recent NLJ story, “Law Firm Can Keep $270K Fee Award for $70K Judgement, D.C. Circuit Says,” reports that a boutique law firm in Washington can keep nearly $270,000 in legal fees after winning 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...
Attorney Fees in Texas Billionaire's Bankruptcy Top $5M
October 21, 2015
A recent Texas Lawyer story, “Attorney Fees in Sam Wyly Bankruptcy Reach Over $5M” reports that a Dallas federal court has approved $5 million in fees and expenses to lawyers in the former Texas...
$1 Billion in Legal Fees in Madoff Recovery
October 20, 2015
A recent ABA Journal story, “$1B in Legal Fees for Recovery of Madoff Losses is a ‘Good Return on Investment’ Lawyer Says” reports that lawyers recovering money for victims of Bernard...
U.S. Army Must Pay KBR’s $30M Legal Tab
October 16, 2015
A recent Project On Government Oversight (POGO) story, “The Army Must Pay KBR $30 Million for Legal Fees,” by Neil Gordon, reports that the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA)...
Justices Eye Attorney Fees in Contract Breach Case
October 15, 2015
A recent Legal Intelligencer story, “Justices Eye Attorney Fees in Contract Breach Case” reports that in an argument that one justice called "remarkably brief," Pennsylvania's high court took on...
SCOTUS Rulings Dashes Fee Request in Abilify Patent Case
October 13, 2015
A recent New Jersey Law Journal story, “SCOTUS Rulings Dash Legal Fee Bid in Abilify Patent Dispute,” reports that Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. has lost its bid for attorney fees in a patent dispute...
Federal Circuit Affirms Fees in Patent Suit
October 12, 2015
A recent The Recorder story, “NetApp Wins Fees in ‘Double Dip’ Patent Suit” reports that the Federal Circuit has affirmed a $1.4 million attorney fee award against an Acacia Research Corp....
Opponents Can’t Object to NJ Exxon Settlement
October 9, 2015
A recent New Jersey Law Journal story, “Opponents of $225M Exxon Accord Can’t Intervene in Case,” reports that a Superior Court judge has rejected a bid by environmental groups to intervene and...
BP Owes $138M in Attorney Fees to Five Gulf States
October 7, 2015
A recent Bloomberg story, “$138 Million in Attorneys’ Fees for Gulf Spill,” reports that BP must pay $138 million in legal fees in a settlement with the U.S. government and five Gulf states over...