A recent NLJ story, “Mattel Hotly Resists Demand it Pay Attorney Fees in Bratz Doll Battle” reports that MGA, which makes the Bratz doll is seeking $129,688,073 in attorney fees from...
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Former Client Questions Goodwin Procter's Fees
May 24, 2011
A recent Thomson Reuters story, “Wham-O Plays Hardball Over Goodwin Procter Fees” reports that Wham-O has hit Goodwin Procter with a lawsuit that claims the law firm overbilled it by...
A recent NLJ story, “Fight Over Bratz Doll Turns to Attorney Fees, Punitive Damages” reports that Bratz doll manufacturer MGA Entertainment Inc. is seeking attorney fees plus $177 million...
NALFA Attorney Fee Scoreboard: The Madoff Case
May 16, 2011
The trustee, Irving H. Picard of Baker & Hostetler LLP in New York, work in Re Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, has produced the following results, thus...
A recent Texas Tribune Story, “Loser-Pays Bill Clears Texas House” reports that Texas got one step closer today to becoming one of the few states with a rule that awards legal fees to...
City of Chicago Wants Fee Request Tossed Out
May 5, 2011
A recent NLJ story, “Chicago Wants Appeals Court to Shoot Down Legal Fee Request” reports that lawyers for the City of Chicago maintain the plaintiffs’ attorneys in the gun rights...
Judge Can't Give City a Break on Legal Fees
May 4, 2011
A recent Metropolitan News story, “Judge Can’t Give City Break on Legal Fee, C.A. Rules” reports that a California court of appeals ruled yesterday that properly documented attorney...
Judge Approves $60M in Fees in Historic USDA Class Action
April 29, 2011
In a recent BLT Blog post, “Judge Approves $760M Native American Class Action Settlement” reports that U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan of Washington, DC approved $60.8 in attorney fees...
Recent Trends in Attorney Fee Rates
April 28, 2011
The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) is an in-house bar association for professional corporate counsel who practice in legal departments globally. ACC has published a 2010...
Law Capping Attorney Fees May Go to Florida Supreme Court
April 27, 2011
A recent Palm Beach Post story, “Is State Law Limiting Workers Comp Attorney Fees Constitutional? Fla. Supreme Court May Get Issue” reports that attorneys for a woman who suffered a back...