Questions to Ask Legal Bill Auditors
September 7, 2011
Outside legal bill auditors are often retained by insurance carriers, law firms, corporations, government agencies, and municipalities to review legal invoices in underlying litigation or...
September 7, 2011
Outside legal bill auditors are often retained by insurance carriers, law firms, corporations, government agencies, and municipalities to review legal invoices in underlying litigation or...
September 6, 2011
Two recent state appellate court rulings have concluded that fee experts are necessary to prove the reasonableness of attorney fees and costs in court awarded attorney fee awards: In Ohio's,...
August 31, 2011
A recent NLJ story, “Insurers Demand a Piece of MGA’s $141 Million Legal Fees and Costs Award” reports that the insurance companies that paid the legal bills associated with MGA...
August 30, 2011
A recent NLJ story, “Judge Stalls Prius Headlight Settlement, Citing ‘Big Problem’ with Fees” reports that a federal judge, citing concerns about a request for attorney fees,...
August 29, 2011
A recent WSJ Law Blog story, “KBR Requests That That Losing Rape Complaint Pay Company’s Legal Fees” reports that KBR wants Jamie Leigh Jones, the Houston woman who claimed that she...
A recent BLT Blog story, “DOJ to Oppose $90.8M Fee Request in Class Action” reports that the U.S. Justice Department is planning to oppose the $90.8 million attorney fee request in the...
A recent NLJ story, “9th Circuit Tosses Bluetooth Settlement, Citing Attorney Fees” reports that a federal appeals court has tossed out a settlement of hearing loss claims involving...
August 23, 2011
A recent WSJ.com story, “Baker Botts Fees Upheld in Asarco Case” reports that a federal judge in Texas upheld fees paid to Baker Botts, LLP of $113 million, plus $6 million for expenses,...
August 12, 2011
A recent BLT Blog story, “D.C. Attorney Suspended After Double Billing Superior Court” reports that a Washington attorney has been suspended from practicing law in the District of Columbia...
August 10, 2011
A recent BLT Blog story, “Class Counsel Request $90.8M in Fees in Black Farmers Case” reports that the lawyers who represent a class of African American farmers in a suit against the...