A recent Wage & Hour article by Mark Tabakman, “Plaintiff Attorney Fees in FLSA Cases: The Frustrating, Driving Force in These Cases,” reports on plaintiffs’ attorney fee requests in Fair...
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Archive: 2019
NJ Judge: Litigation is Just Another ‘Capitalist Enterprise’
October 7, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Emma Cueto, “Legal Practice Just a ‘Capitalist Enterprise’, Judge Laments,” reports that a New Jersey state judge ruling on an attorney fee dispute lamented that the...
3 Things to Watch with USPTO Fee Rule Before SCOTUS
October 4, 2019
A recent Law 360 article by Bill Donahue, “3 Things to Watch as USPTO’s Fee Rules Hits the High Court,” reports on the USPTO attorney fee rule that's before the U.S. Supreme Court. The article...
Hospital System Can Challenge Attorney Fees in FCA Case
October 3, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Adam Lidgett, “Hospital Chain Can Fight FCA Atty Fees, Judge Rules,” reports that hospital giant Community Health Systems (CHS) Inc. can challenge the pursuit of attorney...
PG&E Bankruptcy Attorneys Blast Fee Examiner’s Caps on Fees
October 2, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Rick Archer, “PG&E Case Attorneys Blast Fee Application Protocol,” reports that counsel for Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E), the utility’s board of...
A recent article by Karen E. Rubin of Thompson Hine LLP in Cleveland, “Law Firm’s ‘Block Billing’ Helped Obscure Overcharges, Plaintiffs Allege in TX Federal Suit,” reports on the ethics of...
Hourly Rate Data Can Be Sealed in Army Case in Federal Claims Court
September 30, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Daniel Wilson, “Law Firm Rates Can Be Sealed in Claims Court Army Dispute,” reports that a property owner can file under seal a comparison of law firm billing rates...
Class Counsel to Judge: Trust Us, Our $89M Fee Request is Reasonable
September 27, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Jack Queen, “Consumer Seek $89M in Atty Fees for Robocall Class Action,” reports that attorneys who won a class action against a robocalling debt collector asked a...
Survey: Hourly Rates Higher at Nation’s Largest Law Firms
September 26, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Aebra Coe, “Larger Law Firms are Pulling Away From the Pack on Rates,” reports that partners at large law firms have traditionally charged more for their services than...
$3.4M Fee Request in $42M GM Oil Guzzling Settlement
September 25, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Linda Chiem, “Attys Seek $3.4M in Fees From $42M GM Oil-Guzzling Deal,” reports that attorneys have asked a Florida federal judge to sign off on nearly $3.4 million in...