DLA Responds to Overbilling Charge
April 1, 2013
DLA Piper has issued a memo (pdf) is response to The New York Times story, “Suit Offers a Peek at the Practice of Inflating a Legal Bill” and in response to the suit, DLA Piper v....
April 1, 2013
DLA Piper has issued a memo (pdf) is response to The New York Times story, “Suit Offers a Peek at the Practice of Inflating a Legal Bill” and in response to the suit, DLA Piper v....
January 7, 2013
A recent NLJ story, “Appeals Court Revives Lawsuit Against Minneapolis Firm,” reports that a former client of Fredrikson & Byron has won an appeal that revives a lawsuit claiming that...
December 5, 2012
A recent BLT Blog post “Jones Day Sues Former Client Vizio for $6 Million in Fees” reports that Jones Day is suing former client Vizio Inc. in Washington federal court, claiming that the...
November 19, 2012
A recent Metropolitan News story, “Appeals Court Finds That ‘Legal Expense’ Connotes Attorney Fees,” reports that a contract providing that in the event of a dispute, the...
November 13, 2012
As lawyers often advise their clients, any litigation involves some element of risk, and “there is no such thing as a slam dunk.” A recent California case illustrates that when...
October 23, 2012
A recent Connecticut Law Tribune story, “Firms Grow Bolder About Suing Clients for Unpaid Legal Fees,” reports that suing clients for unpaid legal fees could become routine as firms are...
September 26, 2012
A recent WSJ Law Blog post, “Ex-Goldman Programmer Seeks Legal Fees from Investment Bank,” reports that a one-time Goldman Sachs computer programmer, Sergey Aleynikov, sued his former...
September 4, 2012
A recent ABA Journal story, “Ex-Client Sues Firm re ‘Massive Overbilling,’ Partner Says ‘Meritless’ Suit a Bill Dispute Tactic,” reports that a former client has...
July 23, 2012
A recent BLT Blog post, “Mayer Brown Sues Pacific Seafood Group for $5M in Fees,” reports that Mayer Brown filed a breach of contract lawsuit (pdf) in D.C. Superior Court against former...
July 6, 2012
A recent FindLaw.com post, “5 Ways to Collect Unpaid Fees From Clients” by Andrew Lu of Top Floor Legal reports that a recent survey found that most attorneys only get paid for a fraction...