A recent The Street story, “Goldman’s $1.45 Billion in Legal Fees Show Financial Crisis Fallout Still Lingers,” reports that Goldman Sachs set aside $1.45 billion for...
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FHFA Paid Plaintiffs' Firms $373.5M to Sue Banks
July 16, 2015
A recent Reuters story, “U.S. Housing Regulator Paid Law Firms $373 Million to Sue Banks,” reports that the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) disclosed that it paid two law firms...
Great Reviews for NALFA Webinars
June 3, 2015
NALFA is hosting a series of webinars on attorney fee and legal billing issues throughout 2015. All our webinars are free for NALFA members and NALFA clients. So far this year, NALFA has...
Water District Struggles to Pay its Legal Bills
May 15, 2015
A recent L.A. Times story, “Water District Found Itself Drowning in Steep Legal Fees,” reports that, facing a lawsuit from cities over its pumping rates, the Water Replenishment...
A recent study, The 2015 Carlton Fields Jorden Burt Class Action Survey: Best Practices in Reducing Cost and Managing Risk in Class Action Litigation (pdf), reports that across industries, companies...
Litigation: The New Cost of Doing Business
December 11, 2014
A new study, “Global Risk 2014-2015: Building the Transparent Bank” by Boston Consulting Group reports that since the financial crisis, both sides of the Atlantic have paid out a total of...
Big Legal Departments Foresee Legal Spend Cuts in 2015
December 9, 2014
A recent Law 360 story, “Biggest Cos. Foresee Legal Cuts in 2015,” reports that two-fifths of legal departments at companies with revenue exceeding $10 billion said they expect their legal...
NALFA Welcomes DGT Costs Lawyers
November 18, 2014
NALFA would like to welcome DGT Costs Lawyers to our membership. DGT Costs Lawyers is Australia’s premium legal cost management firm. DGT Costs Lawyers is the first international...
NALFA Goes International
November 14, 2014
NALFA is now welcoming international members. Legal fee analysis is an international practice with professionals throughout the world including the UK, Australia, and Canada. While legal billing...
NALFA to Host The Attorney Fees Webinar Series in 2015
November 3, 2014
NALFA will be hosting a series of webinars on attorney fee and legal billing issues throughout 2015. These five 90-minute CLE programs will focus on each role and skills set within the attorney...