A recent law.com story, “Insurer Hit With Fees for Balking at Defense of Mercury-Contaminated Day Care Center” reports that U.S. Liability Insurance Company must pay its insured $208,748...
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New Initiatives for UTBMS & LEDES
July 2, 2010
A recent article, “Workers’ Comp Code Set 15 Years in the Making” in DRI’s For the Defense, written by Toronto law professor John G. Kelly brings readers up to date on the new...
Plaintiff Lawyer Takes Aim at Defense Fees
June 30, 2010
A recent law.com story, “Facing Possible Sanctions, Plaintiffs Lawyer Slams Defense Lawyers’ Rates” reports that plaintiffs’ attorney Wayne A. Schaible of McCann Schaible &...
L.A. Attorney Fee Program Was A Big Success
June 28, 2010
On June 24, 2010, NALFA hosted the 2nd Annual L.A. Attorney Fee Conference: “It Pays To Be Reasonable” at Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles, California. The conference featured...
A recent Law.com story, “9th Circuit Lifts Attorney Sanctions in FedEx Discrimination Case” reports that U.S. District Judge Susan Illston fined San Francisco plaintiffs lawyer Waukee...
A recent Law.com story, “Disbarment Urged for Lawyer Who Billed Fake Clients” reports that the New Jersey Disciplinary Review Board (DRB) is recommending disbarment for a lawyer who...
A recent article in the Salt Lake Tribune, “Attorneys want $7 million in Navajo Trust Fund Case” reports that attorneys for the plaintiffs in Pelt, et. Al v. Utah seek $7 million in...
A recent article, “The Beginning of the Demise of the American Rule” in the DRI’s For the Defense, written by Jodie Steinberg of Ericksen Arbuthnot in Oakland, California advises...
Attorney Fees & Wall Street Bankruptcies
May 6, 2010
A recently New York Times expose, “Who Knew Bankruptcy Paid So Well” by Nelson D. Schwartz and Julie Creswell reports on legal fees and expenses in bankruptcy cases that have arisen as a...
A recent article, “Lawyer Says He Can’t Estimate Fees in Toyota MDL” reports that Dan Becnel Jr., the first attorney to submit his name for co-lead counsel of the multidistrict...