News Blog

Please subscribe to gain full access to News Blog and other resources.

Plaintiffs’ Counsel Concerned With ‘Value-Added’ Fee Cuts in Georgia

November 9, 2023

Fee Calculation Method

Fee Dispute

Fee Issues on Appeal

Fee Reduction

Fees & Settlement Offer

Lodestar

Please subscribe to gain full access to News Blog and other resources.

Steel Company Balks at ‘Excessive’ Fee Request

November 8, 2023

Billing Practices

Staffing Issues

Timekeepers

Please subscribe to gain full access to News Blog and other resources.

Meta Class Counsel Lowers Fee Request Amid Judicial Criticism

November 6, 2023

Fee Benchmark / Standard

Please subscribe to gain full access to News Blog and other resources.

Court Calls Out Attorneys For ‘Egregious’ Billing Practices

October 24, 2023

Billing Increments

Billing Judgment

Billing Practices

Fee Reduction

Please subscribe to gain full access to News Blog and other resources.

Judge Rips Fee Request, Claims Rate in Meta Class Settlement

October 23, 2023

Bankruptcy Fees / Expenses

Please subscribe to gain full access to News Blog and other resources.

$4M Interim Fee Request ‘Only the Beginning’ in Kwok Chapter 11

October 18, 2023

Practice Area: Bankruptcy / Restructuring

Timekeepers

Please subscribe to gain full access to News Blog and other resources.

Class Counsel Seek $94M in Fees in DuPont PFAS Settlement

October 17, 2023

Fee Allocation / Fee Apportionment

Fee Agreement

Fee Benchmark / Standard

Fee Declaration

Fee Retainer

Fees & Common Fund

Historic / Landmark Case

Lodestar

Please subscribe to gain full access to News Blog and other resources.

Prevailing Party Wins $3.1M in Fees in “Exceptional” IP Case

October 16, 2023

Exceptional Case

Fee Declaration

Practice Area: IP Litigation

Prevailing Party Issues

Please subscribe to gain full access to News Blog and other resources.

Appeals Court Backs Attorney Fees for New Jersey AG

October 12, 2023

Fee Issues on Appeal

Fees & Judicial Discretion

Lodestar

Please subscribe to gain full access to News Blog and other resources.

Eleventh Circuit Upholds 40 Percent Attorney Fee Reduction

October 11, 2023

Fee Expert / NALFA Member

Fee Dispute

Fee Issues on Appeal

Attorney-Client Relationship

Please subscribe to gain full access to News Blog and other resources.

Article: The Ethics of Crowdfunded Legal Fees

October 8, 2023

Advancement of Fees

Article / Book

Bar Rules / Advisories

Criminal Law

Defense Fee Fund

Ethics & Professional Responsibility

Fee Discovery / Fee Disclosure

Fee Agreement

Fee Fund

Fee Scholarship

Litigation Financing / Funding

Legal Malpractice

Legal Profession

Legal Spend

Third-Party Payer

Please subscribe to gain full access to News Blog and other resources.

Cigna Seeks Fees After Prevailing in Complex COVID Case

October 3, 2023

Fee / Rate Economics

Please subscribe to gain full access to News Blog and other resources.

Bank Whistleblower Wins $2.4M in Attorney Fees

September 29, 2023

Prevailing Party Issues

Qui Tam / Whistleblower

Trial / Jury / Verdict

Please subscribe to gain full access to News Blog and other resources.

Class Counsel Seek 33 Percent in CVS Lidocaine Label Case

September 26, 2023

Class Service Awards

Please subscribe to gain full access to News Blog and other resources.

Jailed Engineer Critical of ‘Staggering’ Billing Rates

September 25, 2023

Overbilling

Trial / Jury / Verdict

Please subscribe to gain full access to News Blog and other resources.

Judge Cuts Gibson Dunn’s Fee Request in Half

September 22, 2023

Block Billing

Attorney-Client Relationship

Prevailing Party Issues

SCOTUS

Please subscribe to gain full access to News Blog and other resources.

Article: Twitter Fee Dispute Case Offers Crash Course in Billing Ethics

September 19, 2023

Alternative Fees

Article / Book

Bar Rules / Advisories

Billing / Fee Guidelines

Billing Increments

Billing Judgment

Billing Practices

Block Billing

Ethics & Professional Responsibility

E-Billing

Fee Dispute Litigation / ADR

Fee Engagement Letter

Fee Scholarship

Fees & Fiduciary Duty

Legal Malpractice

Legal Profession

Litigation Management

Please subscribe to gain full access to News Blog and other resources.

$2110 Billing Rate Sought in Deutsche Bank Settlement

September 18, 2023