A recent Law.com article by Nathan Wenzel of SimpleLegal Inc., “5 Cost-Cutting Strategies For Corporate Legal Department,” reports on legal cost measures for corporate legal departments. This...
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Archive: 2020
Virgin Flight Attendants Defend $6M Fee Award in Ninth Circuit
October 21, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Linda Chiem, “Virgin Flight Attendants Defend $6M Atty Fees in 9th Circ.,” reports that Virgin America Inc. flight attendants told the Ninth Circuit that their attorneys...
Election Year Politics Fuel AGs Fee Opposition in Opioid MDL
October 20, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Jeff Overley, “Opioid Settlements Stymied By Atty Fee Demands, AGs Say,” reports that massive fee demands from plaintiffs attorneys in multidistrict opioid litigation...
Law Firm Seeks Defense Fee ‘Advance’ from Trustee
October 19, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Andrew Strickler, “Brown Rudnick Seeks Defense Bill ‘Advance’ From Trustee,” reports that facing a $300 million malpractice suit over its work for a bankrupt chemical...
Whistleblower Law Firm Sued Over Fees in GSK Action
October 17, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Emma Cueto, “Whistleblower Firm Sued Over Fees in GlaxoSmithKline” reports that Whistleblower boutique firm Getnick & Getnick LLP reneged on a fee-sharing agreement...
Security Firm Tells Federal Circuit It Can’t Pay Attorney Fees
October 16, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Julia Arciga, “Security Firm Tells DC Circ. It Can’t Pay Union’s Atty Fees,” reports that a security guard service told the D.C. Circuit it's not able to cough up...
Federal Circuit Asked in Toss Fee Award to Apple, Cisco
October 15, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Britain Eakin, “Fed. Circ. Asked To Nix Alsup’s Fee Award to Apple, Cisco,” reports that saying its infringement suit against Apple and Cisco was reasonable, a tech...
Class Counsel Earn $3M in Fees in $9M JPMorgan ERISA Deal
October 14, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Max Kutner, “Workers’ Atty Get $3M in Fees From $9M JPMorgan Deal,” reports that a New York federal judge signed off on a $3 million payout for lawyers representing a...
Ex-Uber Official Seeks Coverage of Fees Under Corporate By-Laws
October 13, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Rose Krebs, “Uber’s Ex-Security Chief Seeks Legal Fees For Breach Suit,” reports that Uber's ex-head of security filed suit in Delaware Chancery Court seeking to have...
Law Firms Tussle Over Share of $8.3M in Attorney Fees
October 12, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Emillie Ruscoe, “Fee Bid is ‘Unseemly Mudslinging.’ ICO Suit Co-Counsel Says,” reports that part of a co-lead counsel team accused their counterparts of "unseemly...