A recent Texas Lawyer story by Angela Morris, “Six Flags Wants Insurer Travelers Casualty to Cover $2.89 Million in Attorney Fees,” reports that the Texas-based theme park filed new litigation...
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Category: Fee Dispute Litigation / ADR
A recent Law 360 story by Rachel Schart, “MiMedx Slams Quinn Emanuel Fees As 2 Other Firms Settle,” reports that MiMedx has accused Quinn Emanuel of seeking unreasonable fees, including for...
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...
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 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...
California Appeals Court Clarifies Law on Attorney Fees
March 13, 2021
A recent The Recorder story by Alaina Lancaster, “Appeals Court Rules on ‘Curious Gap’ in State Law Over Attorney Fees,” reports that a California appeals court ruling underlined “a curious...
Judge Orders Attorney Fee Dispute to Arbitration
March 9, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Emma Whitford, “Atty Must Arbitrate Fee Dispute With Racehorse Trader,” reports that a California judge ordered an attorney to arbitrate her dispute with a U.K. racehorse...
NJ Case Has Lessons on Arbitration Clauses in Attorney Retainers
February 14, 2021
A recent Law 360 article by Hilary Gerzhoy, Deepika Ravi, and Amy Richardson, “NJ Case Has Lessons On Arbitration Clauses in Atty Retainers”, reports on arbitration clauses in attorney retainers...
Polsinelli Sued Over Billing Issues
January 22, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Craig Clough, “Polsinelli Says Clients’ ‘Slacking Off’ Claims are “Meritless”,” reports that Polsinelli PC urged a Pennsylvania federal judge to toss a lawsuit...
Article: Granting Arbitrators the Power to Award Attorney Fees
January 4, 2021
A recent Legal Intelligencer article by Abraham J. Gafni, “Unintentionally Granting Arbitrators the Power to Award Attorney Fees” reports on granting the power to award attorney fees in...