Big Firm + Small Fee Dispute = DC Circuit??
April 19, 2010
A recent NLJ article, “Winston’s Fee Dispute Gets Lofty Scrunity” reports that Winston & Strawn will square off against its former client Doley Securities, Inc. in the U.S. Court...
April 19, 2010
A recent NLJ article, “Winston’s Fee Dispute Gets Lofty Scrunity” reports that Winston & Strawn will square off against its former client Doley Securities, Inc. in the U.S. Court...
According to a recent WSJ blog post, “Minneapolis Lawyer Accused of Stealing From Clients”, Michael Margulies, a former partner at Lindquist & Vennum has agreed to be disbarred for...
A recent article, “Judge Reverses Course, Approves Contingency Fee in Staten Island Ferry Disaster Case” reports that a federal judge ruled that a Manhattan attorney is entitled to the...
April 13, 2010
A recent NLJ article, “Law Firms Resort to Suing Their Clients to Collect Fees” reports that many law firms are reluctantly suing their former clients to collect unpaid attorney...
April 8, 2010
A recent blog posting “Two Firms Sue Libya for $4.9M in Legal Fees” in BLT: The Blog of the Legal Times reports that two law firms filed suit against the government of Libya, seeking more...
Billing attorneys should submit his/her own opinion on the amount of a reasonable attorney fee. The attorneys in the litigation are considered “experts” on the work they did and the...
A court awarded $45,000 in attorney’s fees in an ERISA case in which the claimant recovered just $650. In Tomasko v. Ira H. Weinstock, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Philadelphia ruled that...
April 5, 2010
An article, “Jury Trials-Reasonable Attorney Fees and Expenses” in the DRI’s For the Defense written by Gene F. Zipperle and Timothy D. Martin of Martin Ogburn & Zipperle in...
April 2, 2010
This week, NALFA registered as a 501(c)(6) tax-exempt organization with the I.R.S. The 501(c)(6) is reserved for professional and trade organizations (associations and societies)...
L.A. Attorney Fee Litigation Conference: “It Pays To Be Reasonable”Southwestern Law SchoolLos Angeles, CAJune 24, 2010Noon-5pm It’s back by popular demand! NALFA is hosting...