A recent Law 360 story by Thy Vo, “Colo. Justices Say Firm’s Departing Atty Fee Is Unenforceable, reports that the Colorado Supreme Court has found a family law firm's contract requiring a...
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Article: Seven Key Metrics to Evaluate Spend on Outside Counsel
January 8, 2024
A recent Law.com article by Rosemarie Griffin, “Seven Key Metrics to Evaluate Spend on Outside Counsel”, reports on metrics to monitor outside legal spend. This article was posted with...
California Bar Adopts AI Guidelines Tackling Legal Billing
December 26, 2023
A recent Law 360 story by Sarah Martinson, “Calif. Bar Adopts AI Guidelines Tackling Confidentiality, Billing”, reports that the California bar has approved guidance for attorneys using...
A recent article by Judge Marina Corodemus and Mark Eveland, “Four Ways Plaintiffs’ Firm Can Prevent Common Benefit Fund Fee Disputes”, reports on ways plaintiffs’ firms can prevent common...
Holland & Knight Faces Overbilling Suit
December 13, 2023
A recent Law 360 story, “Holland & Knight Faces Overbilling Suit From Ex-Bank CEO”, reports that Republic First Bancorp's former CEO has accused Holland & Knight LLP of padding its bills...
Jones Day and Former Client Spar Over Attorney Fees
December 8, 2023
A recent Law 360 story by Christine DeRosa, “Jones Day and Former Client Spar Over $678K in Fees”, reports that Jones Day and a one-time client have gone to court in competing lawsuits, with the...
Article: Understanding Attorney Fee-Shifting to Mitigate Risk
December 5, 2023
A recent Business Insurance article by Iran Valentin and Allison Scott, “Perspectives: Understanding Attorney Fee Shifting to Mitigate Exposures”, reports on the importance of understanding...
$11M in Attorney Fees in Tobacco Breach of Contract Jury Win
November 20, 2023
A recent Law 360 story by James Mills, “Tobacco Co. Gets $10.8M in Fees in Breach of Contract Win”, reports that a California federal court awarded a tobacco company almost $11 million in attorney...
Study: Corporate Legal Departments Return to Hourly Billing?
November 13, 2023
A recent Law.com story by Hugo Guzman, “By-the-Hour Billing Torments Legal Departments. So Why Aren’t More Demanding Alternatives”, reports that legal consultants and pricing experts for years...
Flint Class Firms Say Fee Dispute Already Decided
October 26, 2023
A recent Law 360 story by Chart Riggall, “Flint Class Firms Say Atty Fee Dispute Already Decided”, reports that two law firms that helped negotiate a $626 million settlement over the Flint,...