February 22, 2016
A recent NLJ story, “Two D.C. Judges’ Rulings on Fees Could Mean Boon for Plaintiffs Lawyers,” reports that a pair of federal judges in Washington awarded legal fees last week that went more...
February 11, 2016
A recent WSJ story, “Legal Fees Cross New Mark: $1,500 an Hour,” reports that the day of the $1,500-an-hour lawyer has arrived. Partners at some of the nation’s top law firms are...
February 9, 2016
A recent Bloomberg BNA story, “Lawyers Can’t Use ‘Workaround’ to Get Paid for Defending Fees” reports that lawyers can't include fee defense provisions in their retention applications as a...
January 28, 2016
A recent Texas Lawyer story, “U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap Hammers Patent Plaintiff with $390K Fee Award,” reports that the bill has finally come due for the first Eastern District of Texas...
January 25, 2016
A recent Texas Lawyer story, “Dallas Federal Judge Halves Big Firm’s Fee Awards” reports that Software company ARGO Data Resource got all of what they wanted from David Harper and his team of...
January 18, 2016
A recent Courthouse News story, “Lowered Attorney Fees a Fail, 9th Circ. Rules” reports that, calling a federal judge's award of attorneys' fees "a near total failure," the Ninth Circuit Friday...
January 14, 2016
A recent NLJ story, “Tennessee Wants Law Firm Billing Records Unsealed in Gay Marriage Case,” reports that lawyers for the state of Tennessee want a federal judge to unseal the billing records of...
January 5, 2016
A recent Texas Lawyer story, “Question of Constitutionality of Firm’s Flat Fee Contract,” reports that a school district board of trustees facing a takeover by the Texas Education Agency (TEA)...
A recent humor piece in The New Yorker, “Lawyer for Martin Shkreli Hikes Fees Five Thousand Percent,” New York Times best-selling author Andy Borowitz writes about the recent arrest of Martin...
November 27, 2015
A recent WSJ story, “Lawyers’ Class Action Payouts Face Court Challenge” reports that a case before California’s highest court could fundamentally change the way class action attorneys are...
