Every year, NALFA conducts an hourly rate survey of civil litigation in the U.S. Today, NALFA released the results from its 2021 hourly rate survey. The survey results, published in The 2021...
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Category: Bankruptcy Fees / Expenses
NALFA Members Quoted in Bloomberg Story on Billing Rates
June 10, 2022
A recent Bloomberg Law story by Roy Strom, “Big Law Rates Topping $2,000 Leave Value ‘In Eye of Beholder’” quoted two NALFA members, John D. O'Connor of O'Connor & Associates in San...
A recent Bloomberg Law story by James Nani, “DOJ Balks at J&J Unit’s Plan to Hire Katyal at $2500 an Hour” reports that the Department of Justice’s bankruptcy watchdog is opposing a...
A recent Law 360 story by Clarice Silber, “2nd Circ, Rules Bankruptcy Court Can Award Attorney Fees” reports that a Second Circuit panel has overturned a district court's decision and sent a suit...
SCOTUS to Rule on Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Fee Increases
January 10, 2022
A recent Reuters story by Maria Chutchian, “Supreme Court to Determine Constitutionality of Bankruptcy Fee Increases,” reports that the U.S. Supreme Court said it will review a dispute over a...
USTP Asks Supreme Court to Review $324M Bankruptcy Fee Matter
December 11, 2021
A recent Reuters story by Marla Chutchian, “Government Asks Supreme Court to Review $324M Bankruptcy Fee Fight,” reports that the U.S. Department of Justice’s bankruptcy watchdog is urging the...
USTP Opposes Chapter 11 Fees for MTE Service Providers
August 20, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Jeff Montgomery, “US Trustee Opposes Ch. 11 Fees For MTE Service Providers”, reports that the Office of the U.S. Trustee opposed a $2 million fee award for the ad hoc...
Bankruptcy Court Denies Professional Fees to Law Firm
July 30, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Rose Krebs, “Ashby & Geddes’ Appeal in Del. Bankruptcy Fee Row Tossed,” reports that a Delaware federal judge denied Ashby & Geddes PA's bid to force a lender...
NJ Law Firm Wants Out After Unpaid Attorney Fees
July 29, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Nick Muscavage, “Zayat’s Bankruptcy Attys Want Out Over Unpaid Fees,” reports that the law firm representing thoroughbred race horse owner Ahmed Zayat in his...
A recent ABI Journal article by Brittany B. Falabella and Allison P. Klena, “Actual and Necessary: A Guide to Keeping Time So You Get Paid,” reports on good billing practices in large Chapter 11...