A recent law.com story by Scott Flaherty, “Plaintiffs Firms Earn Almost $1B in Fees From 2016 Securities Class Action Settlements,” reports that last year was a big one for high-dollar...
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IBM’s Watson Could Help Reduce Outside Counsel Spend
May 19, 2017
A recent the Corporate Counsel story by Jennifer Williams-Alvarez, “IBM Says New Watson Tool Could Dramatically Reduce Outside Counsel Spend,” reports that, a new tool using International...
Report: Wells Fargo Was Too Focused on Legal Spend
April 12, 2017
A recent Bloomberg Big Law Business story by Gabe Friedman, “Wells Fargo Lawyers Were Too Cost Focused, Report Says,” reports on the recent abusive sales practices of Wells Fargo. The story...
NALFA Quoted in ALM’s Daily Business Review
March 1, 2017
NALFA was quoted in the ALM’s Daily Business Review (DBR), the leading source of daily legal and business news in South Florida, in a news story by Monika Gonzalez Mesa, “Are Florida Billing...
What are Best Practice in Outside Legal Fee Analysis?
February 20, 2017
Legal fee analysis is the comprehensive review and analysis of attorney fees and costs in an outside legal matter. Professionals who perform outside legal fee analysis include attorney fee experts,...
NALFA Podcast Interview with Law Professor Brian Fitzpatrick
February 15, 2017
NALFA hosts a podcast series on attorney fee issues. We talk with thought leaders, attorney fee experts, and attorney fee newsmakers who've helped shape and influence the jurisprudence of reasonable...
Fee Analysis: Energy Bankruptcy Cases
January 9, 2017
A recent Texas Lawbook article, “Exclusive: Legal & Financial Advisers Feast on Bankruptcy Fees from the Oil Patch,” reports that, when times were good in the oil patch and crude was selling...
Report: Hourly Billing Still Commonplace
December 16, 2016
A recent Corporate Counsel story, “The Billable Hour Just Won’t Die, Report Finds,” reports that, while alternative fee arrangements are gaining popularity, data recently collected by the...
Race to the Bottom: Class Action Lawyers are Low-Balling Fee Requests
November 10, 2016
A recent On the Case story, “In Biggest Cases, Class Action Lawyers are Low-Balling Fee Requests,” by Allison Frankel reports on recent fee request and fee awards in class action cases. The...
NALFA CLE Podcasts on Legal Fee Topics Available for Purchase
November 1, 2016
NALFA is the nation's exclusive CLE provider of events and programs on attorney fee and legal billing topics. All our CLE and professional development programs are free for NALFA members and NALFA...