By Christine Simmons | September 10, 2018
As it continues to duel with Carl Icahn-controlled CVR Energy, Wachtell argues its own initial engagement letter with former client CVR was "a mere agreement to agree" and thus not enforceable.
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By Lizzy McLellan | September 7, 2018
Just as its first post-swimsuit competition was getting underway in Atlantic City, New Jersey, the pageant organization was accused of stiffing its lawyers to the tune of $100,000.
By Christine Simmons | September 5, 2018
"Wachtell is perversely incentivized to negotiate engagement letters that benefit the investment bankers, not its client," Carl Icahn-controlled CVR Energy claims in a proposed new malpractice complaint.
By Scott Flaherty | August 23, 2018
With a fast-approaching hearing meant to resolve most of the remaining disputes in the messy breakup of former plaintiffs firm Napoli Bern, the court-appointed referee deciding those issues has shot down an attempt to have him disqualified in light of an alleged conflict.
By Christine Simmons | August 15, 2018
"Now Kasowitz is getting some of its own medicine," said Stephen Meister of Meister Seelig & Fein, the defendant in an earlier malpractice case handled by Kasowitz Benson Torres.
By Scott Flaherty | August 6, 2018
The Washington, D.C.-based firm couldn't charge D.C. rates for work done by lawyers in its St. Louis outpost, the court ruled.
By Christine Simmons | July 13, 2018
“By requesting astronomical fees, attorneys are in danger of killing the goose that laid the golden egg,” a Manhattan judge admonished.
By Scott Flaherty | May 30, 2018
Selendy & Gay lawyers are contesting a "forfeiture-for-competition" provision in Quinn's partnership agreement requiring its former lawyers to forfeit 10 percent of legal fees earned from clients they took with them.
By Scott Flaherty | April 10, 2018
A sexual harassment claim in a high-stakes dispute over legal fees, pitting Grant & Eisenhofer against a former partner, has entangled firm co-founder Stuart Grant.
By Caroline Spiezio | March 28, 2018
"I've never met a lawyer who hired a contractor to build their house depending on how long it takes to build it," Cisco deputy GC Steve Harmon said of changing discussions about fee arrangements.
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