The Republican controlled Michigan House of Representatives introduced legislation that would limit attorney fee compensation in civil litigation. The proposed law would restrict any attorney...
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Supreme Court to Hear Attorney Fees Case
May 30, 2012
A recent Jurist story, “Supreme Court to Consider Challenge to Attorney’s Fees,” reports that the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Marx v. General Revenue Corp. to determine...
Plaintiffs’ counsel, who negotiated a $3.2 billion settlement of securities claims against Tyco International, Ltd. in 2007 were awarded $464 million in attorney fees (or 14.5% of the settlement...
A recent Reuters Legal story, “Comments Oppose OCA Proposal on Fee Dispute Program” reports that the state Office of Court Administration (OCA) proposed preventing disbarred or suspended...
A recent Sun Herald story, “High Court: Legal Fees are Public Funds,” reports that the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled last today in two cases that legal fees paid to private lawyers to...
Today, Republican Governor Phil Bryant signed into law restrictions on the state’s use of outside, contingency fee lawyers. The “sunshine” law would require all outside counsel...
TARP Funds Continue to Pay Out to Law Firms
May 21, 2012
A recent AM Law Daily story, “Tallying Up the TARP-Related Legal Fees Racked Up By AM Law Firms,” reports that the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)...
A recent New Jersey Law Journal story, “Firm Wins $2.3M in Fees in Suit Over Insurance Coverage of Eating Disorders,” reports that Nagel Rice, LLP was awarded $2.3 million in attorney fees...
A recent New Jersey Law Journal story, “Philips/Magnavox Settles Class Action Over Malfunctioning TVs for $4 Million,” reports that a federal court has given final approval to $4 million...
Facebook Faces $2.6M in Legal Fees Ahead of IPO
May 16, 2012
A recent AM Law Daily report, “Facebook Lists $2.6 Million in Legal Fees Ahead of Friday IPO,” reports that when Facebook lists legal fees and expenses related to its hotly anticipated IPO...