A recent Texas Lawyer story, “Suit Sparks Brawl Over $589K in Attorney Fees,” reports that two Texas oil companies recently won a jury trial in a landman case fought in Dallas County,...
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A recent Corporate Counsel story, “In Patent Case, Fitness Co. Wants $2.8M in Attorney Fees,” reports that Octane Fitness, the small Minnesota-based company that transformed the law...
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...
AMEX Gambles on Attorney Fees in Antitrust Appeal
May 18, 2015
A recent New York Law Journal story, “AmEx Agrees to Pay States’ Legal Fees if Appeal Fails,” reports that American Express has agreed to pay 17 states $3.65 million in legal...
A recent Legal Intelligencer story, “Third Circuit Adopts Recovery Scheme for Attorney Fee Awards Under ERISA,” reports that litigants who catalyze the defense to change course in an ERISA...
Report: Spike in Patent Attorney Fee Awards Post-Octane
April 28, 2015
A recent PatLit blog post by David Berry of Brooks Kushman PC, “Data Shows Spike in Patent Attorney Fee Motions and Awards After Octane,” reports on an increase in attorney fee...
NALFA: Three Types of Attorney Fee Disputes
February 5, 2015
NALFA has developed a practice area that centers on attorney fee disputes. Generally speaking, attorney fee disputes are disputes between parties over the fees/costs associated with legal...
Nation's Most Important Attorney Fee Rulings of 2014
December 24, 2014
NALFA tracks important attorney fee rulings in state and federal courts throughout the U.S. These fee rulings impact the body of law related to attorney fees. NALFA has ranked the most...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Lasley v. Commissioner, affirmed a district court’s order awarding reduced attorneys’ fees under the Social Security Act. The...
Institutional Investors Unite Against Delaware's Fee-Shifting Ruling
December 3, 2014
A recent Pensions & Investments blog post, “Institutional Investors Team Up Against Delaware Court Ruling on Legal Fees,” reports that the Delaware Supreme Court decision that lets...