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Companies Question Legal Bill in Pension Debt Suit

December 6, 2023

Legal Bills / Legal Costs

Overbilling

Staffing Issues

Timekeepers

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Article: Understanding Attorney Fee-Shifting to Mitigate Risk

December 5, 2023

Ethics & Professional Responsibility

Fee Doctrine / Fee Theory

Fee Shifting

Fees & Common Fund

Fees & Fiduciary Duty

Legislation / Politics

Practice Area: Insurance Coverage Litigation

Risk Management

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Judge: Vague Billing Justifies 10 Percent Cut in Attorney Fees

November 29, 2023

Billing Judgment

Fee Recommendation

Fee Reduction

Fees & Judicial Discretion

Hourly Billing

Legal Bill Review (External)

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Deep Attorney Fee Cuts, Judge Citing Billing Deficiencies

November 21, 2023

Block Billing

Fee Reduction

Fees & Judicial Discretion

Fees & Bad Faith

Fees as Sanctions

Practice Area: IP Litigation

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Federal Judge Rules on Reasonable Rates in New York

November 10, 2023

Practice Area: Civil Rights / Public Interest

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

November 9, 2023

Fee Calculation Method

Fee Issues on Appeal

Fee Reduction

Fees & Settlement Offer

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Steel Company Balks at ‘Excessive’ Fee Request

November 8, 2023

Legal Bills / Legal Costs

Staffing Issues

Timekeepers

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NJ Law Firm Seeks $29K in Fees in $10K Settlement

November 7, 2023

Fees more than Damages

Lawyering

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Meta Class Counsel Lowers Fee Request Amid Judicial Criticism

November 6, 2023

Fee Benchmark / Standard

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Software Investor Wins Mootness Fees in Delaware

October 31, 2023

Mootness Fees

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Judge Rips Fee Request, Claims Rate in Meta Class Settlement

October 23, 2023

Bankruptcy Fees / Expenses

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

October 18, 2023

Practice Area: Bankruptcy / Restructuring

Timekeepers

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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

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

October 16, 2023

Exceptional Case

Fee Declaration

Practice Area: IP Litigation

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$185M Fee Award in $725M Meta Privacy Class Settlement

October 13, 2023

Class Fee Objector

Fee Benchmark / Standard

Fees & Claims Rate

Historic / Landmark Case

Lodestar Multiplier

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Eleventh Circuit Upholds 40 Percent Attorney Fee Reduction

October 11, 2023

Fee Expert / NALFA Member

Fee Issues on Appeal

Practice Area: Civil Rights / Public Interest

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Epstein Victim Attorneys Seek Third of $290M Settlement

October 10, 2023

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Cigna Seeks Fees After Prevailing in Complex COVID Case

October 3, 2023

Fee / Rate Economics

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Bank Whistleblower Wins $2.4M in Attorney Fees

September 29, 2023