February 1, 2017
A recent New York Law Journal story, by Christine Simmons, “Contracts Outline $11M in Fees to Firms in DeBlasio Investigations,” reports that law firms advising New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio...
January 23, 2017
A recent Texas Lawyer story, “Texas Supreme Court Stands Aside in Prickly Fight Over Contingency Fees,” by Scott Graham reports that the Texas Supreme Court has turned down serial patent...
January 16, 2017
A recent Law 360 story, “3rd Circ. Vacates Fee Award After Unjustified Fourfold Bump,” reports that the Third Circuit vacated a Delaware federal court order last year granting about $1.1 million...
A recent New York Law Journal story, “Judge Slashes $10M in Fees Over Firm’s Use of Temporary Associates,” reports that criticizing a plaintiffs firm for hiring temporary associates for routine...
January 2, 2017
NALFA News Blog covers important news on attorney fees and legal billing matters, including state and federal attorney fee jurisprudence throughout the U.S. Here are some of the most consequential...
December 29, 2016
A recent Metropolitan News story, “Settlement Offer Irrelevant to Setting of Attorney Fees,” reports that ta California Court of Appeals reversed an attorney fee award of $72,000 because the...
December 16, 2016
A recent Corporate Counsel story, “The Billable Hour Just Won’t Die, Report Finds,” reports that, while alternative fee arrangements are gaining popularity, data recently collected by the...
December 8, 2016
A recent American Lawyer story, “Elite Law Firms Increasingly Suing Clients to Collect Fees,” reports that the days of large law firms allowing clients to skip or delay paying bills are...
November 11, 2016
A recent Law 360 story, “Travel Sites Say Their Attys Don’t Owe Texas Cities Info,” reports that a group of hotel booking sites fired back at a class of Texas municipalities seeking information...
November 10, 2016
A recent On the Case story, “In Biggest Cases, Class Action Lawyers are Low-Balling Fee Requests,” by Allison Frankel reports on recent fee request and fee awards in class action cases. The...
