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Should Judges Police The Gender Hourly Rate Disparity?

June 1, 2022

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USTP Balks at Hourly Rate in J&J’s Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

May 24, 2022

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USTP

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Ninth Circuit: $260K Fee Award Proper Where Damages Were $2500

April 26, 2022

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Judge Calls Out Hourly Rate Gender Disparity in Fee Award

April 25, 2022

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Practice Area: Civil Rights / Public Interest

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Judge Recalculates Billing Rates in Patent Action

April 21, 2022

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Law Firm Accessed of Overbilling in New Jersey Litigation

December 12, 2021

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Compare & Prove Hourly Billing Rates with NALFA Survey

December 4, 2021

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Judge May Not Base Fee Award On Previous Awarded Rates

November 8, 2021

Fee Reduction

Practice Area: Civil Rights / Public Interest

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Article: What is a Legal Fee Audit?

October 7, 2021

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Federal Judge Relies on NALFA Hourly Rate Data in Fee Award

October 1, 2021

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Gibson Dunn Under Fire for Billing Practices

September 23, 2021

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Law Firms with Over 100 Attorneys Have Higher Rates Across All Experience Levels

September 4, 2021

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Article: 5 Reasons Lawyers Often Fail to Secure Litigation Funding

August 24, 2021

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NALFA Survey: Hourly Rate Data Distribution is Not Bell-Shaped

August 21, 2021

Fee Allocation / Fee Apportionment

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Class Counsel Defend Fee Request in Subaru Windshield

August 13, 2021

Billing Record / Entries

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Practice Area: Class Action / Mass Tort / MDL

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Compare & Prove Hourly Rates with NALFA Survey

August 1, 2021

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Fee Requests in Boy Scouts Bankruptcy Exceed $100M

May 12, 2021

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NALFA: Hourly Rates Above National Averages in Large Chapter 11 Cases

May 6, 2021

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Former AG’s Hourly Rate: $2,295

April 16, 2021

Fee Agreement

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