By Mason Lawlor | August 6, 2024
"In my view, he did not like us or the plaintiff," plaintiff's attorney Steve Leidel said about a retired trial judge. "It's my understanding that he solicited the clerk for costs and they never do that. I think it was possibly retributive for the fact that we did not want to proceed."
By Tommaso Baronio | August 6, 2024
"What's interesting about this case is the lawyers actually lost money handling the case," said Ed Zebersky, a partner at Zebersky Payne Shaw Lewenz, who is not involved in the matter.
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By Riley Brennan | August 2, 2024
"We are pleased with Judge Kearney's rulings and happy for our client, who waited a long time for justice," said the plaintiff's attorney, Brian C. Farrell, a partner at Gold Law Firm.
By Riley Brennan | August 2, 2024
"Unfortunately, in this case the defendants didn't meet the standard of care in the representation of MNR, and so for that reason we felt compelled to bring this complaint," said MNR's current counsel, Amir R. Tahmassebi, a partner of Konicek & Dillon in Chicago.
By Riley Brennan | July 29, 2024
"If we permitted the fee award here to stand, it would mean that counsel could make $7,000 to $9,500 an hour, which we think no reasonable class member would willingly pay to an attorney to help resolve this claim, especially when, as here, dozens of other attorneys were offering their assistance," said Judge Morris S. Arnold. "Reducing the fee award to, say, half of what was requested (resulting in fees of $3,500 to $4,750 per hour) could hardly be considered a penalty."
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By Riley Brennan | July 29, 2024
U.S. District Judge Cynthia M. Rufe of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania concluded that the solo practitioner's hourly rate of $725 was reasonable, based on the Community Legal Services' fee schedule.
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By Riley Brennan | July 24, 2024
The sanctions motion came following a 66-page opinion Brody entered in May, which said Ikea and its counsel demonstrated "incredible and gross negligence" by failing to implement litigation holds to preserve deleted mailboxes.
By Demetri J. Economou | July 23, 2024
"'Freeport' is ... a substantially important decision concerning two of the safe harbor provisions in ... the Texas Natural Resources Code," writes Demetri J. Economou of Kane Russell Coleman Logan.
By Michael A. Mora | July 12, 2024
Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Jose Rodriguez entered the ruling following a four-day bench trial.
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By Amanda O'Brien | June 26, 2024
The dispute centered around former Elliott Greenleaf shareholder Richard DeMarco's claims that he was entitled to referral fees for a personal injury case he helped originate that his then-firm referred to Saltz Mongeluzzi for trial.
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