Primarily news stories and digests that focus on legal fee disputes, both from a substantive perspective about how courts will interpret, but also focused on big firms and lawyers and figures embroiled in fee disputes.
By Riley Brennan | January 29, 2025
"The laborious nature of the court’s review has been compounded by the overzealous, and frequently unhelpful, arguments put forth by the parties," U.S. District Chief Judge Matthew W. Brann of the Middle District of Pennsylvania said.
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By Amanda Bronstad | January 27, 2025
The Nevada Supreme Court ruled on Monday that an Uber-funded ballot initiative designed to cap contingency fees in all civil cases at 20% was "misleading and confusing."
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By Cedra Mayfield | January 27, 2025
Nearly a year after vacating an order awarding $13.7 million in fees to attorneys with the Stone Law Group in Atlanta and Blakely, Fulton County State Court Judge Fred Eady has reentered the eight-figure payout.
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By Riley Brennan | January 23, 2025
"While the court concludes that the hourly rates requested are reasonable, the total number of hours should be reduced in order to account for Mr. Kellum’s vague billing, the excessive time spent related to the investigation and preparation of the Complaint, and the time spent preparing the present motion," Chief U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger of the Western District of North Carolina said.
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By Allison Dunn | January 21, 2025
Throughout the lengthy litigation, the plaintiff brought in dozens of attorneys from nationally-ranked firms like Nixon Peabody to boutique Chicago firms such as O'Rourke & Moody and Luetkehans, Brady, Garner & Armstrong, among others.
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By Cedra Mayfield | January 9, 2025
A ruling by the Georgia Court of Appeals has clarified that a trial court judge is "not bound" to accept fees agreed to by clients in contracts with their attorneys.
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By Matthew D. Parrott and Rakelle Shapiro | January 8, 2025
A discussion of two recent decisions, Matter of Barons Media v. Shapiro Legal Group, Peerenboom v. Marvel Entertainment, which have helped clarify that the term “expenses” as used in CPLR 3122(d) encompasses the reasonable attorney fees incurred by a non-party subpoena recipient.
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By Aleeza Furman | December 18, 2024
“Although discovery may yield information that undermines Kleinbard’s entitlement to payment from these funds, the decision to deny relief as a matter of law at the preliminary objections stage was premature,” the majority held in an opinion authored by Justice Kevin Dougherty.
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By Mason Lawlor | December 2, 2024
An agreement between Hagens Berman and the plaintiff called for Walter L. Nixon, in-house counsel and chairman of the board of the Professional Drug Co., to receive 15% of attorney fees in return for serving as the lead plaintiff in litigation against Wyeth's prices for Effexor XR.
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By Emily Saul | November 27, 2024
Davidoff Hutcher & Citron and Robert Costello sued the embattled former Manhattan U.S. Attorney in September 2023, alleging he’d pay the firm a mere $200,000 of the $1.5 million retainer he inked in 2019.
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