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...
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...
April 27, 2011
A recent Palm Beach Post story, “Is State Law Limiting Workers Comp Attorney Fees Constitutional? Fla. Supreme Court May Get Issue” reports that attorneys for a woman who suffered a back...
April 25, 2011
A recent NLJ story, “4th Circuit Reverses Award of Attorney Fees Against False Claims Act Whistleblower” reports that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit has reversed a ruling...
April 19, 2011
A recent ABA Journal story, “Appeals Court Nixes $650K Legal Fees Award, Says Parties Never Mutually Agreed to Arbitrate” reports that a California appeals court has snatched away more...
April 11, 2011
A recent law.com story, “Federal Judge Again Approves Bonus Fees to Civil Rights Lawyers” reports that a federal judge in Atlanta, whose bonus fee award to civil rights attorneys prompted...
A recent The Recorder story, “Embarrassed Panel Rethinks Ruling on Fee Arbitration” reports that an appeals court in California seemed ready to undo a published opinion (pdf) that said a...
March 29, 2011
A recent The Recorder story “Open Ended Retainer Agreements Don’t Disqualify Firm” reports that a California appeals court concluded that an open-ended retainer agreement don’t...
March 25, 2011
A recent PatentlyO Blog story, “Old Reliable v. Cornell: Federal Circuit Again Rejects Award for Attorneys’ Fees” reports that for a second time this year the Federal Circuit has...
March 18, 2011
In a recent Metropolitan News story “Court of Appeals for this District Tosses Post-Judgment Attorney Fee Award” reports that a California Court of Appeals has thrown out a $22,500...
February 23, 2011
A recent NLJ story, “1st Circuit Deems Plaintiffs Who Achieved Settlement ‘Prevailing Parties’ Entitled to Fees” reports that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit has...