A recent Law 360 article by Elizabeth Hopkins, “Courts Are Right To Reject Insurer ERISA Atty Fee Award” reports on ERISA attorney fee awards. This article was posted with permission. The...
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Article: Do We Really Need An Attorney Fee Expert?
April 18, 2022
A recent article by William F. Cobb, “Do We Really Need An Attorney Fee Expert?” discusses the need to hire an attorney fee expert. This article was posted with permission. The article...
Compare & Prove Hourly Billing Rates with NALFA Survey
December 4, 2021
NALFA conducts custom hourly rate surveys for clients such as law firms, corporate legal departments, and government agencies. Our hourly rate surveys provide accurate data on hourly rates within a...
Article: Who Pays For Attorney Fees in Litigation?
August 23, 2021
A recent article by Julie Pendleton, “Who Pays For Attorney Fees in Litigation?,” reports on who covers attorney fees in litigation in Washington. This article was posted with permission. The...
Compare & Prove Hourly Rates with NALFA Survey
August 1, 2021
Every year, NALFA conducts an hourly rate survey of civil litigation in the U.S. NALFA has released the results from its 2020 Litigation Hourly Rate Survey. The survey results, published in The...
A recent Bloomberg Law story by Roy Strom, “Meet the Professor Big Law Hires to Collect Nine-Figure Fees,” reports on attorney fee awards in the 10 largest class action recoveries in the U.S. have...
Ninth Circuit Bumps Up Hourly Rate in Labor Case
April 19, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Lauren Berg, “9th Circ. Bumps Ore. Atty’s Hourly Fee Rate in Labor Case,” reports that a U.S. Department of Labor administrative law judge wrongly reduced an Oregon...
A recent Fordham Law Review working paper by Brian T. Fitzpatrick, “A Fiduciary Judge’s Guide To Awarding Fees in Class Actions (pdf),” considers the fiduciary role of judges in awarding...
NJ Case Has Lessons on Arbitration Clauses in Attorney Retainers
February 14, 2021
A recent Law 360 article by Hilary Gerzhoy, Deepika Ravi, and Amy Richardson, “NJ Case Has Lessons On Arbitration Clauses in Atty Retainers”, reports on arbitration clauses in attorney retainers...
Article: Five Lessons for Recovering Attorney Fees in Texas
February 13, 2021
A recent article by Amanda G. Taylor, “Recovering Attorney’s Fees in Texas: Five Lessons” in BizLit News Blog reports on recovering attorney fees in Texas. This article was posted with...