A recent Law 360 story by Ryan Davis, “Fed. Circ. Says It Can’t Award Atty Fees Tied to PTAB Cases” reports that the Federal Circuit said that it cannot award attorney fees for allegedly...
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A recent Law 360 story by Mike Curley, “Opioid MDL Judge Orders More Briefing on $3B Atty Fees” reports that an Ohio federal judge overseeing sprawling opioid multidistrict litigation adopted the...
A recent article by Gregory G. Brown, “Recovery of Attorneys’ Fees in CA Under the ‘Tort of Another’” reports on the recovery of attorney fees under the Tort of Another doctrine in...
A recent Law 360 story by Dave Simpson, “Atty Fees OK in Copyright Declaratory Relief Actions: 9th Circ.” reports that any legal action that hinges on the existence of a valid copyright and...
A recent Daily Business Review story by Raychel Lean, “In Rare News for Plaintiffs Lawyers, Miami Attorney Stages Fee Fight Against Big Tobacco – And Wins $2.4 Million” reports that the first...
Federal Judge: Accept Fee Award or Hire Fee Expert
May 28, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Chris Villani, “Judge Makes Schlichter Bogard $5M Fee Offer It Won’t Refuse” reports that Schlichter Bogard & Denton LLP and two other firms will receive nearly...
A recent Law 360 story by Frank Runyeon, “$750M Namenda Deal OK’d But 21% Atty Fee Request in Doubt” reports that a Manhattan federal judge approved a landmark $750 million settlement over...
Demand Grows for Hourly Rate Data in Big Bankruptcy
May 26, 2020
A recent Legaltech News story by Rhys Dipshan, “Reorg Launches New Database to Bring Big Data Analytics to Bankruptcy Fees” reports that the recession is already choosing its winners and losers:...
A recent Daily Journal article by Heather L. Rosing and David M. Majchrzak, “The Evolution of Fee Disputes: How To Protect Yourself in a New Day & Age” reports on avoiding attorney fee...
A recent American Lawyer story by Samantha Stokes, “Associate Hourly Billing Rates Surge Past $1K as Firms Snap Up Bankruptcy Work” reports that the coronavirus pandemic quickly upended the...