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NALFA Releases 2021 Litigation Hourly Rate Survey & Report

July 19, 2022

Arbitration Fees

Article / Book

Billing / Fee Guidelines

Billing Practices

Defense Fees / Costs

Fee Allocation / Fee Apportionment

Fee Affidavit

Fee Agreement

Fee Award

Fee Award Data

Fee Calculation Method

Fee Clause

Fee Dispute Litigation / ADR

Fee Issues on Appeal

Hourly Rate Survey

Practice Area: Class Action / Mass Tort / MDL

Legal Malpractice

Legal Spend

Legislation / Politics

Lodestar

NALFA News

Study / Report

Unpaid Fees

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NALFA Members Quoted in Bloomberg Story on Billing Rates

June 10, 2022

Practice Area: Bankruptcy / Restructuring

Study / Report

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Should Judges Police The Gender Hourly Rate Disparity?

June 1, 2022

Fee Entitlement / Recoverability

Trial / Jury / Verdict

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

May 24, 2022

Practice Area: Bankruptcy / Restructuring

USTP

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

April 26, 2022

Fee Doctrine / Fee Theory

Fee Issues on Appeal

Fees in Statutes

Fees more than Damages

Prevailing Party Issues

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Judge Calls Out Hourly Rate Gender Disparity in Fee Award

April 25, 2022

Practice Area: Civil Rights / Public Interest

Trial / Jury / Verdict

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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

Fee Dispute Litigation / ADR

Fee Retainer

Fees & Withdrawing / Terminated

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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

Lodestar

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Article: What is a Legal Fee Audit?

October 7, 2021

Article / Book

Billing / Fee Guidelines

Billing Increments

Block Billing

Coverage of Fees

Fee Allocation / Fee Apportionment

Expenses / Costs

Fee Agreement

Fee Award

Fee Entitlement / Recoverability

Fees Paid by Insurers

Hours Billled

Legal Spend

Litigation Management

Lodestar

NALFA News

Prevailing Party Issues

Staffing Issues

Third-Party Payer

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Federal Judge Relies on NALFA Hourly Rate Data in Fee Award

October 1, 2021

Practice Area: Class Action / Mass Tort / MDL

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Gibson Dunn Under Fire for Billing Practices

September 23, 2021

Billing Practices

Fees in Transactional Matters

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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

Ability to Pay

Advancement of Fees

Article / Book

Defense Fee Fund

Expenses / Costs

Fee Entitlement / Recoverability

Fee Agreement

Fee Fund

Fee Sharing / Referral Fees

Fees & Privilege / Confidentaility

Litigation Financing / Funding

Legal Spend

Settlement Data / Terms

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

August 21, 2021

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Class Counsel Defend Fee Request in Subaru Windshield

August 13, 2021

Fee Allocation / Fee Apportionment

Expenses / Costs

Fee Award Data

Practice Area: Class Action / Mass Tort / MDL

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Compare & Prove Hourly Rates with NALFA Survey

August 1, 2021

Fee Award

Fee Declaration

Fee Dispute Litigation / ADR

Fee Scholarship

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Fee Requests in Boy Scouts Bankruptcy Exceed $100M

May 12, 2021