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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 Amanda Bronstad | September 6, 2023
In a Tuesday brief, co-lead counsel R. Jason Richards asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to consider en banc review of the incentive awards denied in the Johnson & Johnson sunscreen settlement.
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By Amanda O'Brien | September 1, 2023
A three-judge panel agreed with the trial court that attorney Richard DeMarco, who brought a personal injury case to the firm, had no right to a fee. Elliott Greenleaf ultimately referred the case to Saltz Mongeluzzi & Bendesky, which secured a $71 million settlement.
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By Alan Feigenbaum | September 1, 2023
In a New York divorce, who pays for sorority expenses? We can look to Judge Sondra Mendelson-Toscano's decision in C.A.B. v. D.S.B. for guidance. The focus of this article will be the mother's request in C.A.B. to hold the father responsible for reimbursing her with his pro rata share of their daughter's sorority costs.
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By Efrem Z. Fischer | August 28, 2023
In a commercial lease dispute, the landlord will almost always insist on recouping every single dollar of late fees, as provided for in the lease,…
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By Amanda Bronstad | August 25, 2023
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, on Thursday, upheld common benefit fee assessments against settlements reached outside the Bard IVC filter multidistrict litigation by plaintiffs' attorney Ben Martin.
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By Colleen Murphy | August 22, 2023
"The partner testified he billed the plan and later sued defendant without ever reading its reimbursement terms," the per curiam opinion, by Judges Heidi Willis Currier and Hany A. Mawla, said. "He conceded the plan's terms controlled the reimbursement of his firm's fees, and that plaintiff filed the lawsuit without ever reading the agreement for reimbursement."
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By Michael A. Mora | August 21, 2023
"The case presented the issue of whether, under the advocate-witness rule, a trial judge may disqualify an attorney from representing his law firm in its libel trial against its client, set to be tried before a jury," the Third District Court of Appeal wrote in the opinion.
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By Riley Brennan | August 18, 2023
"If, on remand, the district court determines that the defendants should recover their fees, any such award must include the fees incurred in bringing this appeal. The costs of this appeal are taxed against the appellee," concluded the court, affirming and vacating in part.
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By Maria Dinzeo | August 17, 2023
Lawyers for ex-Twitter CLO Vijaya Gadde blasted the platform and its new owner for failing "Although Twitter would like to pretend it is a party that dutifully pays its contractual obligations as they come due, it is in fact perpetually delinquent and is gaining a well-earned reputation for shirking its commitments,"
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By Maria Dinzeo | August 17, 2023
Lawyers for ex-Twitter CLO Vijaya Gadde blasted the platform and its new owner for failing "Although Twitter would like to pretend it is a party that dutifully pays its contractual obligations as they come due, it is in fact perpetually delinquent and is gaining a well-earned reputation for shirking its commitments,"
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