September 29, 2010
A recent Washington Post story, “High-Priced Lawyer Sues Former Client, Then Agrees to Pay Him $102,000” reports that Glenn C. Lewis lost his fee dispute battle with a former client in the...
September 21, 2010
Plaintiffs’ attorneys who represented environmental groups that stopped a residential development should be considered for substantially more attorney fees than were originally awarded, a...
September 20, 2010
A recent law.com story, “N.J. Appeals Court Rebukes Judge Who Cut Fee Award to Discourage Fee-Shifting” reports that a New Jersey appeals court had some critical words for a judge who said...
September 16, 2010
A recent law.com story, “$35 Million More in Interim Fees Awarded in Madoff Case” reports that Trustee Irving H. Picard of Baker & Hostetler, LLP in New York and a team of lawyers...
September 14, 2010
A recent law.com story, “Master in Prudential Fraud Case Lowers His Fees as Plantiffs Seek His Ouster” reports that special master William Hunt, who was appointed to handle discovery...
September 9, 2010
A recent law.com story, “Court Vacates $99,000 Fee to Counsel for Plaintiff Who Won $650” reports that a New Jersey appeals court overturned a $99,252 fee award in a consumer fraud case,...
August 26, 2010
A recent law.com story, “Judge Approves Less Than Half of Milberg’s ‘Unusual’ Added Fees Request” reports that U.S. District Court Judge Richard M. Berman in New York has...
According to recent reports by the Associated Press, Republican Governor of Alabama Bob Riley has signed an executive order limiting attorney fees in lawsuits filed by the Alabama Attorney General...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in In Re Mercury Interactive Corp. (for publication) has snatched away a $29.3 million fee award that two law firms received for serving as lead...
August 18, 2010
A recent law.com story, “Fight Continues Over Split of $4.8 Million Fee in Dram Shop Case” reports that two law firms are fighting over nearly $5 million in legal fees in New Jersey. ...
