A recent Courthouse News Service story, “Massive Attorneys’ Fee Award Upheld on Appeal,” reports that attorneys who won a $7 billion judgment for bankrupt cooper-mining firm Asarco,...
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Patton Boggs Issues Flurry of Suits Over Unpaid Legal Fees
December 4, 2013
A recent NLJ story, “Patton Boggs Issues Flurry of Fee Suits,” reports that Patton Boggs is putting a tighter on clients to pay their legal bills on time as the firm continues cost-cutting...
DLA Responds to Overbilling Charge
April 1, 2013
DLA Piper has issued a memo (pdf) is response to The New York Times story, “Suit Offers a Peek at the Practice of Inflating a Legal Bill” and in response to the suit, DLA Piper v....
DLA Emails Reveal Overt Overbilling in Bankruptcy Matter
March 27, 2013
A recent New York Law Journal story, “DLA Piper Emails Reveal Firm Overbilled, Former Client Says,” reports that a former DLA Piper client who is challenging the firm over attorney fees...
Minnesota Court Revives Suit Claiming Excessive Fees
January 7, 2013
A recent NLJ story, “Appeals Court Revives Lawsuit Against Minneapolis Firm,” reports that a former client of Fredrikson & Byron has won an appeal that revives a lawsuit claiming that...
Jones Day Sues Former Client Over $6M in Unpaid Attorney Fees
December 5, 2012
A recent BLT Blog post “Jones Day Sues Former Client Vizio for $6 Million in Fees” reports that Jones Day is suing former client Vizio Inc. in Washington federal court, claiming that the...
Case Study: Attorney Gambles Chasing Fees and Loses Big
November 13, 2012
As lawyers often advise their clients, any litigation involves some element of risk, and “there is no such thing as a slam dunk.” A recent California case illustrates that when...
Law Firms Grow Bolder About Suing Clients for Unpaid Legal Fees
October 23, 2012
A recent Connecticut Law Tribune story, “Firms Grow Bolder About Suing Clients for Unpaid Legal Fees,” reports that suing clients for unpaid legal fees could become routine as firms are...
Former Goldman Sachs Employee Seeks Attorney Fees from Investment Bank
September 26, 2012
A recent WSJ Law Blog post, “Ex-Goldman Programmer Seeks Legal Fees from Investment Bank,” reports that a one-time Goldman Sachs computer programmer, Sergey Aleynikov, sued his former...
Law Firm Sues for Unpaid Fees, Former Client Sues for Overbilling
September 4, 2012
A recent ABA Journal story, “Ex-Client Sues Firm re ‘Massive Overbilling,’ Partner Says ‘Meritless’ Suit a Bill Dispute Tactic,” reports that a former client has...