GW Law Students Win Attorney Fees
September 10, 2010
A recent NLJ story, “Law Clinic was Entitled to Recover Fees for Students’ Work” reports that a law school clinic at George Washington University has won attorney’s fees for a...
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NJ Appeals Court Reverses Fee Award Citing Rendine
September 9, 2010
A recent law.com story, “Court Vacates $99,000 Fee to Counsel for Plaintiff Who Won $650” reports that a New Jersey appeals court overturned a $99,252 fee award in a consumer fraud case,...
Third Circuit to Decide Proper Prevailing Party Test
September 8, 2010
A recent law.com story, “In ‘Doo-Wop’ Case, 3rd Circuit to Consider ‘Prevailing Party’ Fee Issue” reports that the U.S. Court of Appeal for the Third Circuit has...
CA Appeals Court Approves Fee Award That's Greater Than Damages
September 7, 2010
A recent law.com story, “Calif. Appeals Court Approves Contingency Fee Greater Than Client Award” reports that a California appeals court in San Francisco sided with Cotchett, Pitre &...
Do You Have Good Billing Judgment?
September 2, 2010
In its strict sense, billing judgment is that judgment attorneys exercise to adjust or write down fees and/or expenses incurred by the attorneys, or those within their control because, in the exercise...
Judge Slashes Additional Attorney Fees for Milberg
August 26, 2010
A recent law.com story, “Judge Approves Less Than Half of Milberg’s ‘Unusual’ Added Fees Request” reports that U.S. District Court Judge Richard M. Berman in New York has...
Lawyer Suspended for Billing More Than 24 Hours in a Day
August 25, 2010
The ABA Journal story, “Ohio Lawyer Suspended for Billing More than 24 Hours in a Day” reports that Ohio lawyer Kristin Ann Stahlbush of Toledo has been suspended for two years for...
According to recent reports by the Associated Press, Republican Governor of Alabama Bob Riley has signed an executive order limiting attorney fees in lawsuits filed by the Alabama Attorney General...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in In Re Mercury Interactive Corp. (for publication) has snatched away a $29.3 million fee award that two law firms received for serving as lead...
Boutique Firms Gets $1M Fee Award in Beverly Hills Divorce
August 20, 2010
A recent NLJ story, “Firm says its Fee in Beverly Hills Divorce Will Hit $1 Million” reports that lawyers at Knowles Collum, LLP in Beverly Hills are touting a judge’s fee award of...