A recent AM Law Daily story, “DOJ Bankruptcy Watchdog Unleashes Tough New Fee Rules,” reports that attorneys in big bankruptcy cases will soon have to make an array of disclosures on how...
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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...
A Look at Nortel's $755M Bankruptcy Legal Bill
February 6, 2013
A recent story in Canada’s Global and Mail story, “From $100 Emails to $300,000 for Photocopies and Meals, How Nortel Racked up $755 Million Tab,” reports that Nortel’s...
Sidley Tops $100M in Tribune Bankruptcy
January 15, 2013
A recent AM Law Daily story, “The Bankruptcy Files: Sidley Tops $100 Million Mark in Tribune Case,” reports that as of November 30, 2012, Sidley Austin has billed the Tribune Company...
NALFA's Top 10 News Stories of 2012
December 31, 2012
New Proposed Guidelines for Bankruptcy Fees in Large Cases Judge Approves $144M in Fees in Avandia MDL Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Seek $4.95M in Moody’s Shareholder Class Action First Circuit...
New Proposed Guidelines for Bankruptcy Fees in Large Cases
November 15, 2012
A recent New York Law Journal story, “U.S. Trustee Program Narrows Proposal for Disclosure of Law Firm Bankruptcy Fees,” reports that the U.S. Trustee Program announced that its proposals...
U.S. Trustee Program Seeks Updated Billing Guidelines in Bankruptcy Cases
September 17, 2012
In a recent Thomson Reuters story, “Lawyers Under Fire for Boosting Fees on Bankrupt Companies,” reports that in June, members of the U.S. Trustee Program (USTP) met to discuss proposed...
NALFA Meets with U.S. Trustee in Chicago
September 12, 2012
Today, NALFA Executive Director, Terry Jesse met with U.S. Trustee, Patrick S. Layng of the DOJ’s U.S. Trustee Program in Chicago. Mr. Layng is the U.S. Trustee who oversees Region 11...
Fifth Circuit: No Fee Enhancements for Bankruptcy Cases
August 23, 2012
A recent NLJ story, “Fee Enhancement Limits Don’t Extend to Bankruptcy, Fifth Circuit Rules,” reports that a recent appellate holding that bankruptcy cases aren’t governed by a...