A recent blog post, “California Court Allows Insurer to Sue Independent Counsel for Fees” by Whitney Warren, discusses the recent California Supreme Court decision in Hartford Casualty...
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Delaware to Rule on "Work-Around" to SCOTUS Fee Ruling
August 7, 2015
A recent Bloomberg News story, “Delaware Judge to Rule on Evading High Court Legal Fee Decision,” reports that after the U.S. Supreme Court decided in June that bankruptcy lawyers...
Bloomberg News Covers NALFA Webinar
August 3, 2015
Bloomberg BNA Class Action Litigation Report reported on the recent NALFA webinar, “Attorney Fees in Class Actions: Fee Calculations, Hot Issues & Trends.” The Bloomberg...
A recent Legal Intelligencer story, “Federal Judge Has Say in State Court Avandia Fee Dispute,” reports that a plaintiffs’ law firm that settled Illinois state court Avandia...
A recent Corporate Counsel story, “In Patent Case, Fitness Co. Wants $2.8M in Attorney Fees,” reports that Octane Fitness, the small Minnesota-based company that transformed the law...
A recent Metropolitan News story, “C.A. Affirms Denial of Attorney Fees to Out-of-State Counsel,” reports that The Fourth District Court of Appeal yesterday upheld an Orange Superior...
SCOTUS: No "Fee for Fees" in Chapter 11 Cases
June 15, 2015
Today, in a 6-3 decision (pdf), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that bankruptcy attorneys must bear the expense of defending their fees, which could make it harder for lawyers to get paid for their...
Great Reviews for NALFA Webinars
June 3, 2015
NALFA is hosting a series of webinars on attorney fee and legal billing issues throughout 2015. All our webinars are free for NALFA members and NALFA clients. So far this year, NALFA has...
A recent The Recorder story, “Judge Refuses Most Fees Sought in Acquihire Case,” reports that lawyers with Arnold & Porter and McCarter & English scored a win for their client...
A recent The Record story, “Federal Circuit Signals Nuisance Settlements Should Factor in Fee-Shifting,” reports that two judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit...