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...
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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...
Judge Urges Congress to Act on Cobell Settlement
August 19, 2010
A recent NLJ story, “D.C. Federal Judge Urges Congress to Fund Cobell Settlement” reports that Senior Judge Thomas Hogan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has...
Attorneys Vying to Split $4.8M in Legal Fees
August 18, 2010
A recent law.com story, “Fight Continues Over Split of $4.8 Million Fee in Dram Shop Case” reports that two law firms are fighting over nearly $5 million in legal fees in New Jersey. ...
Ninth Circuit Reverses Fee Award, Takes Away $4M From DLA Piper
August 17, 2010
A recent law.com story, “In $22 Million Fee Swing, 9th Circuit Vacates Attorney Fee Award to EchoStar” reports that U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reverses fee award after...
Judge Approves Nearly All Plaintiffs' Fees in Ttitle VII Case
August 16, 2010
A recent law.com story, “Judge Approves Nearly $500,000 for Counsel Who Won Title VII Suit” reports that U.S. District Judge Jane Boyle of Dallas approved nearly all of the half-million...
Third Circuit Applies Buckhannon to Award Fees
August 13, 2010
A recent law.com story, “New Jersey Hit With Fees Over Truth-in-Music Law” reports that the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held in Singer Management...
U.S. Supreme Court Decided Three Attorney Fee Cases This Term
August 11, 2010
A recent NLJ story, “Lawyering Suits Pile Up at High Court” reports that the U.S. Supreme Court decided an unusually large number of cases involving how lawyers do their jobs. The...
Judges Scrutinize Attorney Fee Applications
August 9, 2010
A recent story by Finance and Commerce, “Judges Closely Scrutinizing Legal Fees” reports that Federal Magistrate Judge Raymond Erickson’s recent decision to slash an attorney’s...