NALFA Registers as a Tax-Exempt Business League
April 2, 2010
This week, NALFA registered as a 501(c)(6) tax-exempt organization with the I.R.S. The 501(c)(6) is reserved for professional and trade organizations (associations and societies)...
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L.A. Attorney Fee Litigation Conference: “It Pays To Be Reasonable”Southwestern Law SchoolLos Angeles, CAJune 24, 2010Noon-5pm It’s back by popular demand! NALFA is hosting...
Company's Legal Bills Mount in Bankruptcy
March 31, 2010
The Chicago Tribune reports that its parent company, the Tribune Company, has amassed over $138 million in legal fees for its Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. That amount equals one quarter of...
Judge Questions Attorney Fees in 9/11 Settlement
March 30, 2010
U.S. District Court Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein in Manhattan scuttled a proposed settlement of lawsuits filed by more than 10,000 Ground Zero workers seeking compensation for health problems triggered...
Law Firm to Repay City for Overbilling
March 26, 2010
A recent article, “Greenberg to Repay $3.2 Million in Fees due to Ex-Partner’s Bill-Padding” reports that Greenberg Traurig agreed to pay Calumet Park, a southeastern suburb of...
Long Standing Fee Dispute Goes Before Ninth Circuit
March 25, 2010
The dispute over $12 million in attorney fees McGuire Woods claims it is owed for its work as plaintiff’s counsel in the Bar/Bri class action litigation has gone to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of...
Law Firm Can Collect Fees Under Quantum Meruit Doctrine
March 24, 2010
A recent article, “Quantum Meruit Gives N.J. Firm Clean Sweep in Fee Collection Suit” reports that a New Jersey Appellate Division court ruled recently that a New Jersey law firm, stiffed...
Law Firms Oppose Fee Cuts in Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy
March 18, 2010
An recent NLJ article, “Law Firms Protest Lehman Fee Committee’s Cuts in Legal Bills” reports that three law firms (Milbank Tweed, Jones Day, and Curtis Mallet) filed...
Court Says Lloyds of London Must Pay Legal Bills
March 16, 2010
Reuters reports that a federal appeals court ruled on Monday that insurer Lloyd's of London must pay claims related to alleged swindler Allen Stanford’s legal defense. The...
NALFA Submits Amicus Brief to California Supreme Court
March 10, 2010
Acting on behalf of the attorney fee practice and in the interests of attorney fee jurisprudence, NALFA has filed an amicus curiae brief in the Supreme Court of California in support of the...