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Block Billing Reduces Fee Award in Personal Injury Case

May 14, 2021

Billing Judgment

Billing Record / Entries

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Client Balks at Lodestar Rates in $8.5M ERISA Fee Request

May 13, 2021

Bankruptcy Fees / Expenses

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Fee Requests in Boy Scouts Bankruptcy Exceed $100M

May 12, 2021

Fee Request

Hourly Billing

Practice Area: Bankruptcy / Restructuring

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NALFA: Hourly Rates Above National Averages in Large Chapter 11 Cases

May 6, 2021

Bankruptcy Fees / Expenses

Fee / Rate Economics

Fee Award Data

Practice Area: Bankruptcy / Restructuring

USTP

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Quinn Emanuel Defends Billing Practices, Expenses

May 5, 2021

Attorney-Client Relationship

Fee Dispute Litigation / ADR

Fees & Corp. Bylaws

Fees & Insurance Policy

Legal Bills / Legal Costs

Legal Malpractice

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Ninth Circuit Bumps Up Hourly Rate in Labor Case

April 19, 2021

Billing Record / Entries

Fee Discovery / Fee Disclosure

Fee Declaration

Fee Expert / NALFA Member

Fee Issues on Appeal

Fee Jurisprudence / Case Law

Fee Reduction

Fee Request

Fee Scholarship

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Former AG’s Hourly Rate: $2,295

April 16, 2021

Fee / Rate Economics

Fee Agreement

Fees & Privilege / Confidentaility

Fee Engagement Letter

Fees & Pro Bono

Fees in Transactional Matters

Hourly Billing

SCOTUS

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Ninth Circuit Doubles Fee Award in California Medicare Litigation

April 8, 2021

Fee Doctrine / Fee Theory

Fee Award Factors

Fee Issues on Appeal

Fee Reduction

Practice Area: Civil Rights / Public Interest

SCOTUS

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Environmental Groups Seek Attorney Fees After California Water Win

April 6, 2021

Practice Area: Civil Rights / Public Interest

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Former Client Questions Law Firm’s Billing Rate in Fee Dispute

March 23, 2021

Attorney-Client Relationship

Ethics & Professional Responsibility

Fee Agreement

Fee Collection

Fee Discovery / Fee Disclosure

Fee Dispute Litigation / ADR

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Attorney Raises Concerns of Hourly Rates for K&L Gates

March 21, 2021

Ethics & Professional Responsibility

Fees & Litigation Tactics

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Judge Approves $2.1M in Fees in Illumina Shareholder Suit

March 19, 2021

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GA Appeals Court Vacates $12M Fee Award in Wrongful Death Suit

March 17, 2021

Hours Billled

Lawyering

Attorney-Client Relationship

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California Appeals Court Clarifies Law on Attorney Fees

March 13, 2021

Ethics & Professional Responsibility

Fee Agreement

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$503M Syngenta Attorney Fee Dispute Moves to Tenth Circuit

March 12, 2021

Fee Expert / NALFA Member

Hours Billled

Lodestar

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Facebook Challenges $12M Fee Request in Data Breach Case

March 11, 2021

Billing Record / Entries

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Fee Award Factors

Fee Request

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$203M Attorney Fee Request in Flint Water Settlement

March 10, 2021

Expenses / Costs

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Working Paper: Judicial Guide to Awarding Attorney Fees in Class Actions

March 7, 2021

Article / Book

Expenses / Costs

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Judge Says School District Overpaid Morgan Lewis

March 5, 2021

Fee Calculation Method