April 22, 2010
On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court decided the most important attorney fees cases in years: Perdue v. Kenny A. (08-970). In a 5-4 majority opinion, the Court overturned a lodestar multiplier...
April 19, 2010
A recent NLJ article, “Winston’s Fee Dispute Gets Lofty Scrunity” reports that Winston & Strawn will square off against its former client Doley Securities, Inc. in the U.S. Court...
Billing attorneys should submit his/her own opinion on the amount of a reasonable attorney fee. The attorneys in the litigation are considered “experts” on the work they did and the...
March 31, 2010
The Chicago Tribune reports that its parent company, the Tribune Company, has amassed over $138 million in legal fees for its Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. That amount equals one quarter of...
February 3, 2010
A recent article, "Federal Judge Calls Second Circuit's Approach to Calculation of Attorney Fees ‘Condescending'" reports that faced with a remand of an attorney fee award ordering him to "apply...
January 27, 2010
Drinker Biddle & Reath has won a hard-fought $1.78 million fee award from a Pennsylvania state court jury in a bet-the-company patent litigation case. A recent article, "Drinker...
December 28, 2009
A recent article, An Increase in Hourly Rates? Get Ready for a Fight in Corporate Counsel sees a fight looming over 2010 hourly rates. In the article, "Susan Blount, the general...
December 18, 2009
The Laffey Matrix is a fee schedule used by some U.S. Courts, particularly in the Washington, DC area, for determining hourly rates for attorneys. CLICK HERE to view the fee schedule...
December 15, 2009
To maximize the chances of success of a motion to obtain attorney's fees in the requested amount, the prevailing attorney always should present the following six basic supporting...
July 20, 2009
Christopher S. Marks of Williams Kastner in Seattle was recently interviewed by the Metropolitan Corporate Counsel in "Managing Litigation Costs in Difficult Times". In response to a...
