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Judge Cuts Fee Request Over ‘Excessive’ Billing Rates

September 30, 2025

Fees Paid by Insurers

Lawyering

Settlement Data / Terms

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Sills Cummis Seeks to Block Discovery Efforts in Fee Dispute Case

September 24, 2025

Fee Discovery / Fee Disclosure

Fee Dispute Litigation / ADR

Unpaid Fees

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Article: The Tricky Issue of Billing Clients for AI-Generated Work

August 15, 2025

AI & Billing / Fees

Legal Bill Review (Internal / Pre-Bill)

Legal Pricing

Legal Profession

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Report: Partner & Associate Billing Rates Continue to Climb

May 6, 2025

Fee / Rate Economics

Fee Data / Fee Analytics

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Court Applies Laffey Matrix Rates in Fifth Third Bank Trial Win

March 13, 2025

Fee Entitlement / Recoverability

Laffey Matrix

Lodestar

Trial / Jury / Verdict

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Report: Over $1B in Attorney Fees to Over 40 Firms in PFAS MDL

February 27, 2025

Fee Allocation / Fee Apportionment

Fee Award Factors

Fee Expert / NALFA Member

Fee Recommendation

Settlement Data / Terms

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Ethics Complaint: Former Practice Chair Overbilled Clients by Over $3.5M

February 26, 2025

Bill Padding

Fees in Transactional Matters

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Legal Bill Review (Internal / Pre-Bill)

Law Firm Management

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Article: The Legal Billing Evolution: How Far Along Is Your Firm?

December 27, 2024

AI & Billing / Fees

Fees in Transactional Matters

Legal Bill Review (Internal / Pre-Bill)

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Special Master Recommends $7.8M in Fees in $25M Flint Water Crisis

November 8, 2024

Contingency Fees / POF

Fee Allocation / Fee Apportionment

Expenses / Costs

Fee Award Factors

Fee Calculation Method

Fee Declaration

Fee Expert / NALFA Member

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Practice Area: Civil Rights / Public Interest

Lodestar

Settlement Data / Terms

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Courts Call Upon Fee Examiners in Large Chapter 11 Cases

May 6, 2024

Bankruptcy Fee Examiner

Fee Expert / NALFA Member

Practice Area: Bankruptcy / Restructuring

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Duane Morris Legal Bill Called ‘Seriously Inflated’

March 7, 2024

Bill Padding

Fee Engagement Letter

Legal Bill Review (External)

Practice Area: Civil Rights / Public Interest

Risk Management

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Article: Seven Key Metrics to Evaluate Spend on Outside Counsel

January 8, 2024

ALSPs

E-Billing

Legal Bill Review (External)

Fee Data / Fee Analytics

Legal Profession

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Holland & Knight Faces Overbilling Suit

December 13, 2023

Fee Dispute Litigation / ADR

Fee Engagement Letter

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Companies Question Legal Bill in Pension Debt Suit

December 6, 2023

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Steel Company Balks at ‘Excessive’ Fee Request

November 8, 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

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

September 19, 2023

Bar Rules / Advisories

Contingency Fees / POF

E-Billing

Fee Dispute Litigation / ADR

Fee Engagement Letter

Fee Scholarship

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Legal Profession

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Former Twitter Executive’s Fee Bid Called ‘Egregious’

September 15, 2023

Advancement of Fees

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Fees in Transactional Matters

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Where Are Partner Billing Rates Surging the Most?

May 24, 2023

E-Billing

Fee / Rate Economics

Fee Data / Fee Analytics

Hourly Billing

Law Firm Management

Study / Report