A recent Daily Journal article by Heather L. Rosing and David M. Majchrzak, “The Evolution of Fee Disputes: How To Protect Yourself in a New Day & Age” reports on avoiding attorney fee...
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A recent American Lawyer story by Samantha Stokes, “Associate Hourly Billing Rates Surge Past $1K as Firms Snap Up Bankruptcy Work” reports that the coronavirus pandemic quickly upended the...
A recent Law 360 story by Dorothy Atkins, “$34M MDL Fee Bid Needs ‘Complete Reanalysis’ Judge Says” reports that a California federal judge told class counsel she's going to do a "complete...
A recent Lexology article by Tyler Maulsby, “Fee Applications: Be Careful What You Wish For Because Everyone May Find Out” reports on the recent case involving an attempt to destroy law firm...
A recent Law 360 story by Anne Cullen, “9th Circ. Nixes Hagens Berman’s $48M Fees in Disk Drive MDL” reports that a pair of Ninth Circuit panels on Friday dissolved $48 million worth of attorney...
A recent Barnes & Thornburg blog post by Eric S. Fisher, “Recovering Attorney's Fees Under Georgia Law Just Got Easier” reports on a recent case in Georgia. This article was posted with...
A recent Legal Intelligencer story by Zack Needles, “Court: WCJ Has No Authority to Assess Reasonableness of 20% Counsel Fee” reports that a divided Commonwealth Court en banc has ruled that a...
Jenner & Block Win Attorney Fees in Pro Bono Case
May 14, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Lauraann Wood, “Jenner & Block Gets Fees For Prevailing in Pro Bono Suit” reports that Jenner & Block LLP should receive attorney fees under the Illinois Civil...
A recent Texas Lawyer story by Brenda Sapino Jeffreys, “Houston Retailer Alleges Offit Kurman Overbilled for Defense Work, E-Discovery” reports that a Texas lawsuit alleging “unconscionable...
$49M Fee Request in BofA, Countrywide Class Action
May 12, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Lauren Berg, “Borrowers Seek $49M Atty Fees in BofA, Countrywide Case” reports that, following a recent $250 million settlement that ended a consolidated class action...