News Blog

Practice Area: Civil Rights / Public Interest

Please subscribe to gain full access to News Blog and other resources. Username Password Remember Me Forgot Password

Article: Legal Bill Review Won’t Harm Your Relationship with Outside Counsel

September 8, 2023

Billing / Fee Guidelines

E-Billing

Fees & Privilege / Confidentaility

Legal Bill Review (External)

Legal Bills / Legal Costs

Legal Profession

Legal Spend

Litigation Management

Please subscribe to gain full access to News Blog and other resources.

Data and Economics Justify Record $267M Fee Award

August 7, 2023

Fee Doctrine / Fee Theory

Fee Scholarship

Fees by Tiers / Scale

Please subscribe to gain full access to News Blog and other resources.

Judge: Fee Examiner Needed in Kidde-Fenwal Chapter 11

July 28, 2023

USTP

Please subscribe to gain full access to News Blog and other resources.

Judge Cuts Attorney Fee Request For ‘Over-Lawyering’

July 13, 2023

Billing Judgment

Block Billing

Fee Reduction

Lawyering

Overbilling

Staffing Issues

Please subscribe to gain full access to News Blog and other resources.

Class Counsel Seek $185M Fee Award in $725M Meta Settlement

June 22, 2023

Fees & Common Fund

Lodestar Multiplier

Please subscribe to gain full access to News Blog and other resources.

Fee Examiner Says $200M in Fees ‘Remarkable’ But Justified

June 21, 2023

Fee Recommendation

Professional Fees

Please subscribe to gain full access to News Blog and other resources.

Client Says Attorney Destroyed Billing Record in Fee Dispute Case

May 31, 2023

Fee Dispute Litigation / ADR

Trial / Jury / Verdict

Unpaid Fees

Please subscribe to gain full access to News Blog and other resources.

$285M in Fees Still Pending in $1B Dell Class Settlement

May 15, 2023

Fee Reduction

Please subscribe to gain full access to News Blog and other resources.

Judge Rips Class Counsel’s ‘Overstated’ Fee Request

May 8, 2023

Billing Increments

Billing Judgment

Fee Benchmark / Standard

Prevailing Party Issues

Staffing Issues

Timekeepers

Please subscribe to gain full access to News Blog and other resources.

Fee Expert Report: Attorney Fee Award Generated $380K in Returns

May 4, 2023

Fee Calculation Method

Fee Recommendation

USCOFC

Please subscribe to gain full access to News Blog and other resources.

Law Professors Say $285M Fee Request is Too High

April 12, 2023

Fee Doctrine / Fee Theory

Fee Sharing / Referral Fees

Fees by Tiers / Scale

Lodestar Multiplier

Study / Report

Please subscribe to gain full access to News Blog and other resources.

Judge Warns Lead Attorneys About Fees/Costs in Norfolk Southern Cases

April 3, 2023

Please subscribe to gain full access to News Blog and other resources.

Georgia Judge Asked to Reconsider Sanctions in Billing Practices

October 18, 2022

Fee Dispute Litigation / ADR

Please subscribe to gain full access to News Blog and other resources.

The Nation’s Top Attorney Fee Experts of 2022

August 15, 2022

NALFA News

Please subscribe to gain full access to News Blog and other resources.

NALFA Releases 2021 Litigation Hourly Rate Survey & Report

July 19, 2022

Arbitration Fees

Billing / Fee Guidelines

Defense Fees / Costs

Fee Affidavit

Fee Award Data

Fee Calculation Method

Fee Clause

Fee Data / Fee Analytics

Fee Dispute Litigation / ADR

Fees by Tiers / Scale

Hourly Billing

Hourly Rate Survey

Legal Bills / Legal Costs

Legal Malpractice

Legal Spend

Legislation / Politics

NALFA News

Study / Report

Unpaid Fees

Please subscribe to gain full access to News Blog and other resources.

NALFA Members Quoted in Bloomberg Story on Billing Rates

June 10, 2022

Fee / Rate Economics

Fee Data / Fee Analytics

Study / Report

Please subscribe to gain full access to News Blog and other resources.

Article: Do We Really Need An Attorney Fee Expert?

April 18, 2022

Fee Discovery / Fee Disclosure

Bar Rules / Advisories

Fee Scholarship

Fee Shifting

Prevailing Party Issues

Please subscribe to gain full access to News Blog and other resources.

First Circuit Affirms Sanctions in Long-Running Fee Dispute

February 10, 2022

Fee Entitlement / Recoverability

Please subscribe to gain full access to News Blog and other resources.

Article: What is a Legal Fee Audit?

October 7, 2021

Billing / Fee Guidelines

Billing Increments

Block Billing

Coverage of Fees

Fee Entitlement / Recoverability

Fees Paid by Insurers

Hourly Billing

Legal Bills / Legal Costs

Legal Spend

Litigation Management