Why NALFA’s Fee Dispute Program?
November 18, 2016
Almost every fee dispute program in the U.S. is administered by a bar association. According to the 2008 ABA Fee Arbitration Survey, 36 states have some ADR program that include fee dispute...
November 18, 2016
Almost every fee dispute program in the U.S. is administered by a bar association. According to the 2008 ABA Fee Arbitration Survey, 36 states have some ADR program that include fee dispute...
Attorney fee disputes are the result of a breakdown in the attorney-client relationship. This breakdown may be a misunderstanding in the fee agreement or confusion over the law firm billing...
November 15, 2016
A recent Delaware Business Court Insider story, “Grant & Eisenhofer Wins Bid for Fees, Expenses in Dell Merger Case,” reports that the Delaware Court of Chancery awarded a total of $8 million...
November 14, 2016
A recent Daily Business Review story, “Florida Supreme Court Says Insurer Required to Foot Legal Fees,” reports that the Florida Supreme Court said a property insurer must pay the attorney fees...
November 11, 2016
A recent Law 360 story, “Travel Sites Say Their Attys Don’t Owe Texas Cities Info,” reports that a group of hotel booking sites fired back at a class of Texas municipalities seeking information...
November 10, 2016
A recent On the Case story, “In Biggest Cases, Class Action Lawyers are Low-Balling Fee Requests,” by Allison Frankel reports on recent fee request and fee awards in class action cases. The...
November 8, 2016
A recent Legal Intelligencer story, “Philadelphia Newspapers Settle Morgan Lewis Fee-Bilking Row,” reports that Morgan, Lewis & Bockius has settled its fee dispute with Philadelphia Media...
November 7, 2016
A recent New York Law Journal story, “Danish Company Fights Arbitration of Attorney Fees with Boies Schiller,” reports that a Danish beverage company says it's not bound to arbitration to resolve...
November 4, 2016
A recent Law 360 story, “Judge Questions Robbins Geller Fees in $1.575B HSBC Deal,” reports that an Illinois federal judge took issue with $1.2 million worth of expenses that Robbins Geller Rudman...
November 3, 2016
A recent Bloomberg BNA story, “Bankruptcy Attorney Can Get Fees for Supplementing Fee Application,” reports that an attorney employed by a Chapter 7 trustee can recover $27,520 in fees he incurred...