A recent Legal Intelligencer story by Justin Henry, “Under Economic Pressure, Large Firms May Increasing Sue Clients for Nonpayment,” reports that economic pressures accelerated by the COVID-19...
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Archive: 2021
Ninth Circuit: $6M Fee Award Does Not Create ‘Windfall’
April 12, 2021
A recent Metropolitan News story, “$6 Million Attorney Fee Award Would Not Create ‘Windfall’,” reports that the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, has reversed an order...
A recent Metropolitan News story, “Ninth Circuit Ups Attorney Fee Award Against California From $4 Million to $8.2 Million,” reports that the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has decided that...
A recent Law 360 story by Alexis Shanes, “11th Circuit Says ERISA Cases Don’t Allow Fees Against Attys,” reports the 11th Circuit declared that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act does...
A recent Law 360 story by Michael Phillis, “Activists Request $850K in Atty Fees For Calif. Water Win,” reports that attorneys representing environmental groups want roughly $850,000 in attorney...
Fee Dispute Sent to Arbitration Despite Illegal Fee Clause
March 31, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Carolina Bolado, “Atty-Client Spat Sent To Arbitration Despite Illegal Fee Clause,” reports that a Florida state appeals court ruled that a woman's suit against her...
A recent article by Derek R. Lenzen, “Florida Appellate Court Holds Insured’s Attorneys’ Fee Award Multiplier Is Unsupported By Requirements,” reports that a Florida appellate court held...
A recent Law 360 story by Nick Muscavage, “Coffee Co. Tries To Turn Up Heat on Sills Cummins in Fee Dispute,” reports that Sills Cummis & Gross PC is facing amended claims of legal...
Law Firm Accused of Not Sharing $30M in Fees in Syngenta MDL
March 22, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Kevin Penton, “Law Firm Accused of Not Sharing $30M Fee in Syngenta MDL,” reports that Heninger Garrison Davis LLC is refusing to honor an oral agreement to share...
Attorney Raises Concerns of Hourly Rates for K&L Gates
March 21, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Rachel Scharf, “Atty in Failed WWE Case Blasts ‘Suspect’ K&L Gates Fee Bid,” reports that a lawyer who was previously sanctioned for his conduct in pursuing...