A recent law.com story, “Decision on Attorney-Client Privilege Spooks Defense Bar,” reports that a closely divided California Supreme Court limited the protection afforded to legal bills under...
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A recent New York Law Journal story, “Judge Slashes $10M in Fees Over Firm’s Use of Temporary Associates,” reports that criticizing a plaintiffs firm for hiring temporary associates for routine...
Things to Consider Before Suing a Client Over Unpaid Fees
December 22, 2016
A recent The Recorder article, “Things to Think About Before Suing a Client Over Past-Due Bills,” by Randy Evans and Sheri Klevens considers suing clients over past due legal bills. The article...
Judge Questions Expenses in Record-Breaking $1.575B HSBC Settlement
November 4, 2016
A recent Law 360 story, “Judge Questions Robbins Geller Fees in $1.575B HSBC Deal,” reports that an Illinois federal judge took issue with $1.2 million worth of expenses that Robbins Geller Rudman...
Judge Cuts Fee Request by One-Third in News Corp Settlement
November 2, 2016
A recent Texas Lawyer story, “Approving Big New Corp. Settlement, US Judge Cuts Class Attorney Fee Request by One-Third,” reports that, while describing their work on the case as "extraordinary,"...
Plaintiffs Firms Respond to Fee Dispute in Uber Blind Riders Suit
October 28, 2016
A recent The Recorder story, “After Uber Picks Fee Fight, Plaintiffs Firms Fire Back,” reports that lawyers representing blind Uber riders in a discrimination lawsuit responded forcefully to...
Ninth Circuit Restore Rates Cuts for Military Law Group
September 12, 2016
A recent Courthouse News story, “Appeal Puts Double Fee Award in Sight of Lawyers,” reports that the Ninth Circuit blasted a federal judge for stiffing a military-law group on half the fees it...
Nation’s Top Rated Legal Bill Review Programs of 2016
August 17, 2016
NALFA members provide a range of services on attorney fee and legal billing matters. NALFA members include full qualified attorney fee experts, special fee masters, bankruptcy fee examiners, fee...
GC: Law Firms Are Terrible at Billing
August 8, 2016
A recent Corporate Counsel story, “Law Firms Are ‘Terrible’ at Billing, Says GE’s GC,” reports on one general counsel’s honest take on law firm billing practices. The story...
NALFA Members Interviewed in Law 360 Article on Legal Costs
August 2, 2016
A recent Law 360 article, “5 Tips For When GCs Balk at the Bill,” by Jimmy Hoover reports on general counsel and legal costs. Two NALFA members, Joe Studer and John O’Connor, were interviewed...