September 11, 2020
A recent Law.com article by David Kroeger and Catherine Doyle of Jenner & Block LLP, “When Do Insureds’ Legal Fees Constitute Defense Expenses?,” reports on attorney fees and expenses in...
September 8, 2020
A recent Law.com article by Diane Flannery, Trent Taylor, Frank Talbott, and Andrew Gann of McGuireWooods LLP, “A Mixed Ruling on Coupon Redemption Rates and Atty Fees,” reports on the recent...
A recent New York Law Journal article by Julian D. Ehrlich, “The Attorney Fee Key to Unlocking Additional Insured Coverage” reports on a new decision awarding attorney fees in a declaratory...
Attorney fee awards are a major driver of class action litigation – both in the employment and other contexts. How they are awarded, and what is “reasonable” has been an ongoing source of...
A recent Law 360 article by Michael McTigue, Meredith Slawe, and Max Kaplan of Cozen O’Connor, “7th Circ. Ruling Should Deter Class Objector Side Deals,” report on a recent Seventh Circuit...
A recent Law 360 article by Lionel Lavenue, Amanda Stephenson, R. Benjamin Cassady. and Brooke Wilner of Finnegan LLP, “Evolving Case Law Elucidates Atty Fees For Patent Litigants” reports on...
July 11, 2020
In Electronic Communication Technologies, LLC v. SHOPPERSCHOICE.COM, LLC, [2019-2087] (July 1, 2020) the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded the district court’s denial of an award of defendant’s...
June 24, 2020
NALFA, a non-profit group, is building a worldwide network of attorney fee expertise. Our network includes members, faculty, and fellows with expertise on the reasonableness of attorney fees. We...
Let’s face it, any litigation is expensive and a defendant that finds itself spending money battling claims against it only to have those claims later dismissed by the plaintiff is likely going to...
A recent Law 360 article by Chris Seezen, “5 Tips for Drafting Effective Legal Billing Guidelines” reports on tips for drafting effective legal billing guidelines. This article was posted with...
