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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 Colleen Murphy | November 14, 2023
"The record bears no mention of the court's efforts to notify Shurkin of its pending sua sponte consideration, thus depriving Shurkin of his right to be notified—which inherently deprived him of the right to be heard on the matter," the per curiam opinion said. "We cannot endorse the trial court's 'swift disposition of the case at the expense of fairness and justice.'"
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By Cedra Mayfield | November 9, 2023
"The problem with plaintiff's value-added model is that this calculation does not necessarily bear any relation to the amount of work actually expended in the case between the time of the settlement rejection and judgment," read Fulton County State Court Judge John R. Mather's order.
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By Max Mitchell | November 7, 2023
The Supreme Court's decision to take up the case comes after the Commonwealth Court ruled that a former Lancaster County district attorney did not have the power to exceed the legal spend that the Lancaster County Commission had budgeted for the office.
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By Adolfo Pesquera | November 3, 2023
A Houston immigration lawyer's defamation claims against a prominent media consultant and a Dubai multi-millionaire were upheld after review by the…
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By Colleen Murphy | November 3, 2023
"Lest there be any doubt, a mid-trial involuntary dismissal does not entitle a defendant offeror to fee-shifting under the rule," an Appellate Division judge said.
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By Emily Cousins | November 1, 2023
The plaintiff appealed, and argued the court abused its power, saying, "'no evidence, either clear or otherwise, was put forth by either [the] defendant ... or the court, as to bad faith conduct by the plaintiff,'" according to the opinion.
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By Dan Roe | October 31, 2023
Jeffrey Liddle hired the firm to represent him in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, but allegedly stopped paying shortly after his case was converted to Chapter 7.
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By Riley Brennan | October 31, 2023
"Our review of R.C. 4165.03 supports this conclusion. In construing statutory terms, courts read statutes as a whole and do not dissociated words and phrases from their context. ... Looking at the language of R.C. 4165.03 as a whole, we are persuaded that 'prevailing' in the context of the DTPA means that the party obtained judgment in its favor, regardless of whether the party obtained a remedy in furtherance of that judgment," Judge Jennifer Kinsley wrote.
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By ALM Staff | October 30, 2023
This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
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By Dan Packel | October 26, 2023
The resolution grants Foley & Lardner $2.2 million in fees that have already been approved. But the firm had sought another $4.1 million.
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