A recent Reuters Legal story, “Comments Oppose OCA Proposal on Fee Dispute Program” reports that the state Office of Court Administration (OCA) proposed preventing disbarred or suspended...
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A recent Sun Herald story, “High Court: Legal Fees are Public Funds,” reports that the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled last today in two cases that legal fees paid to private lawyers to...
Today, Republican Governor Phil Bryant signed into law restrictions on the state’s use of outside, contingency fee lawyers. The “sunshine” law would require all outside counsel...
TARP Funds Continue to Pay Out to Law Firms
May 21, 2012
A recent AM Law Daily story, “Tallying Up the TARP-Related Legal Fees Racked Up By AM Law Firms,” reports that the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)...
A recent New Jersey Law Journal story, “Firm Wins $2.3M in Fees in Suit Over Insurance Coverage of Eating Disorders,” reports that Nagel Rice, LLP was awarded $2.3 million in attorney fees...
A recent New Jersey Law Journal story, “Philips/Magnavox Settles Class Action Over Malfunctioning TVs for $4 Million,” reports that a federal court has given final approval to $4 million...
Facebook Faces $2.6M in Legal Fees Ahead of IPO
May 16, 2012
A recent AM Law Daily report, “Facebook Lists $2.6 Million in Legal Fees Ahead of Friday IPO,” reports that when Facebook lists legal fees and expenses related to its hotly anticipated IPO...
A recent NLJ story, “Volkswagen Challenges Fee Award Method in MDL Settlement,” reports that an award of $30 million in attorney fees and nearly $1.2 million in costs to plaintiffs’...
A recent New York Law Journal story, “Judge Backs Firm’s Demand for $414,000 in Fee Dispute,” reports that Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Joan Madden has ruled that Emery Celli...
A recent AM Law Daily story, “Court Slashes Baker & Hostetler Fees in Maine Redistricting Litigation,” reports that a three-judge panel has ruled that the attorney fees by lawyers for...