A recent Daily Business Review article by Noah B. Tennyson, “Consider Potential Litigation Fees, Costs When Drafting Business Contracts,” reports on attorney fee dispute litigation in business...
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Sears Vendors Demand Halt on New Attorney Fees in Bankruptcy
August 30, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Rick Archer, “Sears Vendors Demand Halt on New Attorney Fees,” reports that a bottled water company has joined multiple other Sears Holding Corp. vendors in asking for a...
A recent Legal Intelligencer story by Zack Needles, “Pa. Courts OKs Attorney Fees for Time Spent Seeking Attorney Fees,” reports that attorneys can petition to recover fees under the Unfair Trade...
A recent Law.com story by Amanda Bronstad, “’Structural and Procedural Flaws’ Foul Up Fees in Syngenta Settlement,” reports that judges in three states have divvied up more than $440 million...
Article: Making Attorney Invoices Generic, but Detailed
August 27, 2019
A recent New Jersey Law Journal article by Ursula H. Leo and Jonathan N. Frodella, “Making Attorney Invoices Generic, but Detailed” reports on law firm billing format in OPRA matters. This...
NALFA Conducts Hourly Rate Survey of Class Counsel in Dallas
August 26, 2019
NALFA conducts hourly rate surveys for law firms, corporate legal departments, and government agencies. Our surveys provide the most accurate and current hourly rates within a given geography and...
Ninth Circuit: Judge Properly Cut Attorney Fees in Class Action
August 23, 2019
A recent Metropolitan News story, “Judge Reasonably Pared Attorney Fees From $7.2M to $3.6M in Class Action,” reports that the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, affirmed an...
Law Firm Bills Soar Quickly in Big Bankruptcy
August 22, 2019
A recent Law.com story by Samantha Stokes, “Law Firm Bills in Big Bankruptcy Cases Growing Rapidly,” reports that there was no summer slowdown for law firms advising on large corporate...
A recent Law 360 story by Dorothy Atkins, “NCAA Athletes Must Produce Billing Records in $45M Fee Ask,” reports that a California magistrate judge granted the NCAA's request for attorneys...
NALFA Announces The Nation’s Top Attorney Fee Experts of 2019
August 20, 2019
NALFA, a non-profit group, has a network of attorney fee expertise. Our network includes members, faculty, and fellows with expertise on the reasonableness of attorney fees. We help organize and...