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Report: UK Attorney Banned After Billing 23 Hours in One Day

August 26, 2025

Bill Padding

Overbilling

UK / International

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Article: The Tricky Issue of Billing Clients for AI-Generated Work

August 15, 2025

AI & Billing / Fees

Alternative Fees

Article / Book

Legal Pricing

Legal Profession

Litigation Management

Risk Management

Timekeepers

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Report: Law Firms Fee Collections Slow, as Billing Rates Grow

August 13, 2025

AI & Billing / Fees

Fees in Transactional Matters

Fee / Rate Economics

Fee Collection

Fee Data / Fee Analytics

Legal Pricing

Legal Profession

Study / Report

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Insurer: No Coverage in Ford’s $100M Legal Billing Fraud Case

August 5, 2025

Coverage of Fees

Fees & Liability Insurance

Fees & Duty to Defend

Fees & Duty to Indemnify

Fees & Insurance Policy

Legal Malpractice

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Attorney Suspended Over Billing Lapses in State Street Case

April 4, 2025

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Texas AG Objects to Whistleblowers’ $2.4M Fee Award

April 2, 2025

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Judge Trims Fee Request for Block Billing in Bony Chicken Case

March 28, 2025

Trial / Jury / Verdict

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Judge Cuts Fee Request Over Billing Record in Toll Lanes Case

March 25, 2025

Fees for Fees / Fees on Fees

Trial / Jury / Verdict

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Judge Slams ‘Unreasonable’ Fee Request in FOIA Case

March 7, 2025

Fee Entitlement / Recoverability

Fee Denial

Fees for Fees / Fees on Fees

Prevailing Party Issues

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Article: The Legal Billing Evolution: How Far Along Is Your Firm?

December 27, 2024

AI & Billing / Fees

Article / Book

Billing / Fee Guidelines

Fees in Transactional Matters

Bankruptcy Fees / Expenses

Legal Spend

Litigation Management

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Areas of Expertise in Legal Fee Analysis

November 19, 2024

Bankruptcy Fee Examiner

Billing / Fee Guidelines

Contingency Fees / POF

Fee Agreement

Fee Award Factors

Fee Dispute Litigation / ADR

Fee Entitlement / Recoverability

Fee Expert / NALFA Member

Legal Bill Review (External)

Litigation Management

Lodestar Multiplier

NALFA News

Prevailing Party Issues

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Sullivan & Cromwell Fees Questioned in Chapter 11

November 11, 2024

Bankruptcy Fee Examiner

Bankruptcy Fees / Expenses

Fees for Fees / Fees on Fees

Practice Area: Bankruptcy / Restructuring

Professional Fees

Staffing Issues

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Texas Law Firm Wins Attorney Fees Over Lies to Ghana Court

October 23, 2024

Fee Entitlement / Recoverability

Fees & Judicial Discretion

Fees & Bad Faith

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New NALFA Distinction: Highest Billing Ethics in Litigation

October 18, 2024

Hourly Rate Survey

Bankruptcy Fees / Expenses

NALFA News

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Courts Call Upon Fee Examiners in Large Chapter 11 Cases

May 6, 2024

Bankruptcy Fee Examiner

Fee Expert / NALFA Member

Block Billing

Practice Area: Bankruptcy / Restructuring

Overbilling

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Duane Morris Legal Bill Called ‘Seriously Inflated’

March 7, 2024

Bill Padding

Fee Agreement

Fee Engagement Letter

Legal Bill Review (External)

Practice Area: Civil Rights / Public Interest

Legal Spend

Overbilling

Risk Management

Staffing Issues

Timekeepers

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Judge: Vague Billing Justifies 10 Percent Cut in Attorney Fees

November 29, 2023

Expenses / Costs

Fee Recommendation

Fees & Judicial Discretion

Hourly Billing

Legal Bill Review (External)

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Court Calls Out Attorneys For ‘Egregious’ Billing Practices

October 24, 2023

Fee Award

Fee Award Factors

Practice Area: Civil Rights / Public Interest

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Southwest Airlines Calls Fee Request ‘Excessive’

September 27, 2023