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NFL Plan Must Pay Attorney Fees Despite Fifth Circuit Win

January 14, 2025

Expenses / Costs

Fee Request

Prevailing Party Issues

SCOTUS

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Former Pharma CEO Demands Coverage of Legal Fees in SEC Probe

December 30, 2024

Fees & Duty to Indemnify

Interest on Fees

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Chemical Co. Demands Coverage of Defense Fees and Costs in MDL

November 29, 2024

Fees & Duty to Indemnify

Fees & Liability Insurance

Practice Area: Class Action / Mass Tort / MDL

Third-Party Payer

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$1M Fee Request for $125K in Awards Reaches PA Supreme Court

October 24, 2024

Attorney-Client Relationship

Bar Rules / Advisories

Billing Practices

Fees & Judicial Discretion

Fees more than Damages

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Insurer Must Pay Defense Costs in Underlying Litigation

February 20, 2024

Expenses / Costs

Fees & Independent Counsel

Fees & Liability Insurance

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Former CEO Sues Over Legal Fee Advancement

January 19, 2024

Fees & Liability Insurance

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Fourth Circuit Denies Coverage of Defense Fees in Fraud Case

January 4, 2024

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Article: Understanding Attorney Fee-Shifting to Mitigate Risk

December 5, 2023

Fee Doctrine / Fee Theory

Fee Request

Fee Shifting

Fees & Common Fund

Fees & Fiduciary Duty

Practice Area: Insurance Coverage Litigation

Hours Billled

Legislation / Politics

Lodestar

Prevailing Party Issues

Risk Management

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SBF Sues Insurer Over Coverage of Defense Fees and Costs

October 4, 2023

Third-Party Payer

Attorney-Client Relationship

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Miami Law Firm Fights for Coverage of Fee Dispute

September 21, 2023

Fee Agreement

Fees & Fiduciary Duty

Practice Area: Insurance Coverage Litigation

Legal Malpractice

Overbilling

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Texas Court Rules in Insurer’s Right to Control Defense Fees

September 7, 2023

Billing / Fee Guidelines

Litigation Management

Third-Party Payer

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Former Twitter Executives Seek Coverage of Legal Expenses

August 22, 2023

Advancement of Fees

Fees for Fees / Fees on Fees

Fees in Transactional Matters

Legal Spend

Overbilling

Staffing Issues

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Insurer Owes Attorney Fees After Reduction in Fees

August 3, 2023

Fee Reduction

Attorney-Client Relationship

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Former Client Owes $1M in Unpaid Legal Bills, Jury Finds

July 25, 2023

Billing Practices

Interest on Fees

Legal Malpractice

Unpaid Fees

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DOL Says Fund ‘Bleeding’ Legal Fees From Baker Botts

July 20, 2023

Advancement of Fees

Fees & Fiduciary Duty

Fees in Transactional Matters

Legal Spend

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Client Didn’t Notice Billing Rate Hikes, Jury Hears

July 14, 2023

Billing Judgment

Billing Practices

Fee Agreement

Fee Engagement Letter

Hourly Billing

Legal Malpractice

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Attorney Fees on Insurance Claims Raises Question in Texas

July 12, 2023

Practice Area: Insurance Coverage Litigation

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Insurer: Lehman Should Pay $58M in Fees/Costs After Trial Loss

July 5, 2023

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SoCal Edison Says Insurer Can’t Cut Defense Fees

July 4, 2023

Fees in Statutes