Roger Clemens' Lawyers Seek Fees After Mistrial
October 28, 2011
A recent BLT Blog post, “Rogers Clemens’ Lawyers Seek Fees After Mistrial” reports that the government should be forced to pay fees and costs associated with the botched obstruction...
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Teva Must Pay Pfizer's Attorney Fees
October 25, 2011
A recent NLJ story, “Teva Must Pay Pfizer $378K in Attorney Fees for Pursuing ‘Frivolous’ Claim in Case Over Viagra Patent” reports that a Virginia federal judge has slapped...
Insurers Not Entitled to Attorney Fees in MGA Case
October 4, 2011
A recent NLJ story, “Insurance Companies May Not Intervene to Seek Fees in MGA Case” reports that a federal judge has denied a request by insurance companies that paid legal fees for MGA...
3M May Have to Pay Defense Fees for Withdrawing Suit
September 21, 2011
A recent American Lawyer story, “Porton Wants Legal Fees if 3M is Allowed to Withdraw Suit” reports that litigation involving Porton Capital, 3M Company and prominent lawyer Lanny Davis...
Questions to Ask Legal Bill Auditors
September 7, 2011
Outside legal bill auditors are often retained by insurance carriers, law firms, corporations, government agencies, and municipalities to review legal invoices in underlying litigation or...
Insurers Want a Cut of MGA'S $141M Attorney Fees
August 31, 2011
A recent NLJ story, “Insurers Demand a Piece of MGA’s $141 Million Legal Fees and Costs Award” reports that the insurance companies that paid the legal bills associated with MGA...
KBR Wants Losing Plaintiff to Pay Its Legal Fees
August 29, 2011
A recent WSJ Law Blog story, “KBR Requests That That Losing Rape Complaint Pay Company’s Legal Fees” reports that KBR wants Jamie Leigh Jones, the Houston woman who claimed that she...
Insurers Likely to Pay News Corp's Legal Bills...For Now
July 21, 2011
A recent Thomson Reuters story, “Who’s Likely Footing News Corp’s Legal Bills? The Insurers”,reports that with News Corp executives heading for the exits, the hacking scandal...
Judge Can't Give City a Break on Legal Fees
May 4, 2011
A recent Metropolitan News story, “Judge Can’t Give City Break on Legal Fee, C.A. Rules” reports that a California court of appeals ruled yesterday that properly documented attorney...
Spector, Shaprio Settle $1M Legal Fee Dispute
March 7, 2011
A recent AP story, “Spector, Shapiro Settle $1M Legal Fee Dispute” reports that imprisoned music producer Phil Spector has settled his lawsuit against attorney Robert Shapiro over a $1...