What is the Definition of Attorney Fees?
January 10, 2011
According to Black’s Law Dictionary, the definition of attorney’s fees is as follows: Attorney’s Fees: The charge to a client for services performed for the client, such as an...
January 10, 2011
According to Black’s Law Dictionary, the definition of attorney’s fees is as follows: Attorney’s Fees: The charge to a client for services performed for the client, such as an...
A recent St. Louis Post-Dispatch story, “Firm that Sued, Won Over MSD Charge Seeks $4.3 Million in Fees” reports that St. Louis-based Greenfelder, Hemker & Gale are seeking $4.3...
January 5, 2011
A recent law.com story, “Plaintiffs Firms Claim Lead Counsel Shortchanged Them by $22 Million in Adelphia Class Action” reports that law firms Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann and...
A recent BLT Blog story, “Plaintiffs’ Lawyers: Fee Cap in Cobell Suit Conflicts with Law” reports that the nearly $100 million legal fee cap in a landmark class action in Washington...
November 19, 2010
A recent Metropolitan News story, “S.C. Will Not Review $7.5 Million Attorney Fee Award” reports that the California Supreme Court yesterday left standing an arbitrator’s award...
November 11, 2010
A recent New York Times story, “Taking on a Second Mortgage to Pay Foreclosure Lawyer” reports that some Florida lawyers are charging contingency fees and securing them with second...
A recent NLJ story, “New Century Settlement a $14.4 Million Payday for Bernstein Litowitz” reports that U.S. District Judge Dean Pregerson in Los Angeles on Monday approved more than $14.4...
A recent Insurance Journal story, “5th Circuit Sides with Attorney on Contingency Fee in Insurance Settlement” reports that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has sided with...
October 26, 2010
A recent law.com story, “Lead Vioxx Plaintiffs Lawyers Awarded $315 Million of $4.85 Billion Settlement” reports that U.S. District Judge Eldon Fallon in New Orleans, who oversaw the...
October 25, 2010
A recent NLJ story, “Labaton Seeks $55 Million Paycheck in Countrywide Class Action” reports that Labaton Sucharow, LLP, the firm that obtained a $624 million settlement against...