Third Circuit to Decide Proper Prevailing Party Test
September 8, 2010
A recent law.com story, “In ‘Doo-Wop’ Case, 3rd Circuit to Consider ‘Prevailing Party’ Fee Issue” reports that the U.S. Court of Appeal for the Third Circuit has...
September 8, 2010
A recent law.com story, “In ‘Doo-Wop’ Case, 3rd Circuit to Consider ‘Prevailing Party’ Fee Issue” reports that the U.S. Court of Appeal for the Third Circuit has...
September 7, 2010
A recent law.com story, “Calif. Appeals Court Approves Contingency Fee Greater Than Client Award” reports that a California appeals court in San Francisco sided with Cotchett, Pitre &...
September 2, 2010
In its strict sense, billing judgment is that judgment attorneys exercise to adjust or write down fees and/or expenses incurred by the attorneys, or those within their control because, in the exercise...
August 26, 2010
A recent law.com story, “Judge Approves Less Than Half of Milberg’s ‘Unusual’ Added Fees Request” reports that U.S. District Court Judge Richard M. Berman in New York has...
According to recent reports by the Associated Press, Republican Governor of Alabama Bob Riley has signed an executive order limiting attorney fees in lawsuits filed by the Alabama Attorney General...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in In Re Mercury Interactive Corp. (for publication) has snatched away a $29.3 million fee award that two law firms received for serving as lead...
August 20, 2010
A recent NLJ story, “Firm says its Fee in Beverly Hills Divorce Will Hit $1 Million” reports that lawyers at Knowles Collum, LLP in Beverly Hills are touting a judge’s fee award of...
August 19, 2010
A recent NLJ story, “D.C. Federal Judge Urges Congress to Fund Cobell Settlement” reports that Senior Judge Thomas Hogan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has...
August 18, 2010
A recent law.com story, “Fight Continues Over Split of $4.8 Million Fee in Dram Shop Case” reports that two law firms are fighting over nearly $5 million in legal fees in New Jersey. ...
August 17, 2010
A recent law.com story, “In $22 Million Fee Swing, 9th Circuit Vacates Attorney Fee Award to EchoStar” reports that U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reverses fee award after...