A recent New York Law Journal story by Jason Grant, “Client Fee Suit Continues Against Nassau County Law Firm That Skipped Retainer Invoices,” reports that a Nassau County law firm that failed to...
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Judge Appoints Special Fee Master in Anthem Settlement
February 1, 2018
A recent The Recorder story by Amanda Bronstad, “Judge Hires Special Master to Vet Attorney Bills in Anthem Settlement,” reports that a federal judge in California said she plans to hire a...
Class Counsel Defend $38M Fee Request in Anthem Data Breach Case
January 23, 2018
A recent The Recorder by Amanda Bronstad, “Plaintiffs Lawyers in Anthem Data Breach Settlement Defend $38M in Fees” reports that plaintiffs lawyers are fighting accusations by an objector that...
New York Lawyer Censured for Falsifying Billing Records
January 11, 2018
A recent New York Law Journal by Jason Grant, “Manhattan Lawyer Censured for Falsifying Time Records, Even Though Clients Unscathed” reports that a Manhattan lawyer has been publicly censured for...
A recent The Recorder story by Amanda Bronstad, “$38M Fee Request in Anthem Data Breach Settlement Under Scrutiny” reports that an objection says the fee request, which is 33 percent of the $115...
A recent TheIndianaLawyer.com, by Olivia Covington, “COA: Attorney Fee Records Not Protected or Confidential” reports that an Indiana trial court did not err by denying a motion to quash a...
Billing Misconduct Leads to 2 Year Suspension for Georgia Attorney
December 18, 2017
A recent Law.com, by Mike Scarcella and Kristen Rasmussen, “Barnes & Thornburg Partner Suspended for 2 Years for Billing Misconduct” reports that a Barnes & Thornburg partner in Atlanta...
Judge Slams Fee Request in Civil Rights Case
September 15, 2017
A recent Legal Intelligencer story by P.J. D’Annunzio, “Judge Slams Lawyer, Equating Fee Request to ‘Attempted Bank Robbery’,” reports that a federal judge has taken Luzerne County attorney...
Judge Reduces Fees, Offers Primer on Legal Billing
September 13, 2017
A recent New York Law Journal story by Jason Grant, “Judge Slashes Fees, Offers Primer on Billing, in Cookbook Case,” reports that a New York federal judge has more than halved attorney fees due...
Judge Denies Fee Request, Refers Matter to Ethics Board
September 6, 2017
A recent Legal Intelligencer story by Max Mitchell, “Judge Tosses $1M Fee Request, Refers Matter to Ethics Board,” reports that a Scranton attorney who recovered $125,000 for his client in a...