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$85M Merger Class Settlement Merits $28M Attorney Fee Award

February 17, 2025
Contingency Fees / POF
Expenses / Costs
Fee Award
Fee Request
Historic / Landmark Case
Practice Area: Class Action / Mass Tort / MDL
Settlement Data / Terms
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Judge Cuts Fee Request, Cites Lack of Hourly Rate Evidence

February 14, 2025
Expenses / Costs
Fee Award
Fee Reduction
Fee Request
Hourly Rate Survey
Hourly Rates
Hours Billled
NALFA in the News
NALFA News
Overbilling
Prevailing Party Issues
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SCOTUS Brief: Patent Attorneys Can Be Liable For Attorney Fees Too

February 13, 2025
Exceptional Case
Fee Award
Fee Entitlement / Recoverability
Fee Issues on Appeal
Fee Jurisprudence / Case Law
Fee Shifting
Practice Area: IP Litigation
PTAB
SCOTUS
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Judge Weighs $1.8M Attorney Fee Request in Lengthy $15K Case

February 12, 2025
Billing Record / Entries
Expenses / Costs
Fee Award
Fee Award Factors
Fee Dispute
Fee Entitlement / Recoverability
Fee Jurisprudence / Case Law
Fee Reduction
Fee Request
Fees more than Damages
Hourly Rates
Hours Billled
Prevailing Party Issues
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NM Legislation to Increase Attorney Fees in Workers Comp Moves Forward

February 11, 2025
Fee Cap / Fee Limits
Legislation / Politics
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SCOTUS Urged to Take Up PTAB Attorney Fee Issue

February 10, 2025
Exceptional Case
Fee Award
Fee Denial
Fee Dispute
Fee Entitlement / Recoverability
Fee Issues on Appeal
Fee Jurisprudence / Case Law
Practice Area: IP Litigation
SCOTUS
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Munger, Gibson Dunn Billed $63M to Snapchat in 2024

February 7, 2025
Attorney-Client Relationship
Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In-House Counsel
Legal Bills / Legal Costs
Legal Spend
SEC Fee Disclosures
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Attorney and Client on Hook for Fees for Misconduct in TM Trial

February 6, 2025
Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Exceptional Case
Expenses / Costs
Fee Award
Fee Jurisprudence / Case Law
Fees & Misconduct
Practice Area: IP Litigation
Prevailing Party Issues
Trial / Jury / Verdict
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Report Recommends $0 in Common Benefit Fees in Roundup MDL

February 5, 2025
Contingency Fees / POF
Fee Allocation / Fee Apportionment
Fee Award
Fee Award Factors
Fee Committee
Fee Dispute
Fee Expert / NALFA Member
Fee Recommendation
Fee Reduction
Fee Request
Fees & Common Fund
Practice Area: Class Action / Mass Tort / MDL
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Plaintiffs’ Counsel Earn $113K in Attorney Fees in $1 Case

February 4, 2025
Billing Increments
Billing Practices
Billing Record / Entries
Fee Award
Fee Award Factors
Fee Reduction
Fee Request
Fees more than Damages
Hourly Rates
Hours Billled
Lodestar
Practice Area: Civil Rights / Public Interest
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Judge: Disbar Attorney Who Submitted Fake Billing Record

February 3, 2025
Billing Practices
Billing Record / Entries
Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Fee Disgorgement
Hours Billled
Practice Area: Class Action / Mass Tort / MDL
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$40M Trade Secret Trial Win Merits $17M Attorney Fee Award

January 31, 2025
Fee Award
Fee Award Factors
Fee Dispute
Fee Entitlement / Recoverability
Fee Request
Hourly Rate Survey
Hourly Rates
Hours Billled
Prevailing Party Issues
Trial / Jury / Verdict
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Judge Shrinks $2.4M Fee Request to $250K Fee Award

January 30, 2025
Billing Increments
Fee Award
Fee Award Factors
Fee Dispute
Fee Jurisprudence / Case Law
Fee Reduction
Fee Request
Hourly Rates
Hours Billled
Local / Forum Rates
Lodestar
Lodestar Multiplier
Trial / Jury / Verdict
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Ninth Circuit Upholds $8M Attorney Fee Award

January 29, 2025
Block Billing
Expenses / Costs
Fee Allocation / Fee Apportionment
Fee Award
Fee Issues on Appeal
Fee Jurisprudence / Case Law
Fee Request
Fees & Judicial Discretion
Lawyering
Lodestar
Staffing Issues
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Miami Developer Must Pay Carlton Fields Legal Bills

January 28, 2025
Fee Dispute
Fee Dispute Litigation / ADR
Unpaid Fees
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Nevada Supreme Court Rejects 20% Cap on Attorney Fees

January 27, 2025
Contingency Fees / POF
Fee Cap / Fee Limits
Fee Issues on Appeal
Legislation / Politics
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Analysis: Generative AI & Hourly Task-Based Billing

January 24, 2025
AI & Billing / Fees
ALSPs
Alternative Fees
Article / Book
Hourly Billing
Hourly Rates
In-House Counsel
Law Firm Economics
Law Firm Management
Legal Bills / Legal Costs
Legal Profession
Legislation / Politics
Litigation Management
Study / Report
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Sierra Leone Must Face $8M in Unpaid Jenner & Block Fees

January 23, 2025
Alternative Fees
Fee Agreement
Fee Dispute
Fee Dispute Litigation / ADR
Fee Engagement Letter
UK / International
Unpaid Fees
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The Judge Who Goes His Own Way on Attorney Fees

January 22, 2025
Expenses / Costs
Fee / Rate Economics
Fee Award
Fee Award Factors
Fee Benchmark / Standard
Fee Calculation Method
Fee Jurisprudence / Case Law
Fee Request
Fees & Judicial Discretion
Hourly Rates
NALFA in the News
Practice Area: Class Action / Mass Tort / MDL
Settlement Data / Terms
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Chapter 11 Judge Refuses Fee Request, Orders Firm to Return $30K Retainer

January 21, 2025
Bankruptcy Fees / Expenses
Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Expenses / Costs
Fee Denial
Fee Entitlement / Recoverability
Fee Request
Fee Retainer
Fees & Litigation Tactics
Lawyering
Practice Area: Bankruptcy / Restructuring
USTP
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