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Syngenta Special Master Rejects $150M in Fees for Texas Attorney Mikal Watts

Special master Ellen Reisman recommended that lead counsel in Kansas get half the estimated $500 million in legal fees.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

Boies Schiller Looks to Secure $640K in Fee Dispute With Chinese Real Estate Mogul

The firm is asking the court to uphold an arbitration award against a former client—the second time in recent months Boies Schiller has ended up in New York state court because of a legal fee dispute.
4 minute read

Pro Mid Market

Client Equity Begins and Ends With Client Satisfaction

What can law firms learn from corporate America?
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Citi Survey: DC Revenue Growth Lags Behind Rest of US

Despite plenty to keep lawyers busy in Washington this year, a survey of third quarter results found hometown firms playing catchup with their counterparts in other regions.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

2018 Roundup Includes Two Cases of First Impression

Law Firm Partnership Law columnist Arthur J. Ciampi writes: 2018, with all its political turmoil, has come and (not quite, but almost) gone. In this month's column, as we have done since 2006, we celebrate the passing of the year by reviewing, in the annual roundup, some recent cases from around the country relevant to law firm partnerships. This year there are two cases of first impression.
10 minute read

Law.com

Orrick Chair Mitch Zuklie on Law Firm Skunkworks, Talent Wars and What's Ahead

“If we're going to convince the best talent to choose and stay in Big Law … we need to change the model."
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Court Scales Back $184,000 Award to Trenk DiPasquale in Fee Fight With Ex-Client

Trenk DiPasquale Della Fera & Sodono is entitled to some of the $184,000 previously awarded to it in litigation against a former client, a state appeals court has said, although it reversed and remanded on some points.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Boutiques, Spinoffs See Gains as GCs Seek Cost Flexibility

Despite growth at Big Law firms, smaller competitors are still reaping the benefits of GCs' increased cost-consciousness.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

About a Third of Legal Departments Hire Smaller, Cheaper Firms, Altman Weil Survey Says

The 19th Annual Chief Legal Officer Survey by Altman Weil Inc. on management, staffing and spending trends in law departments finds many law departments are negotiating discounts with larger firms or moving work to smaller firms and staffing up their own law departments.
5 minute read

Litigation Daily

Survey: About a Third of Legal Departments Hire Smaller, Cheaper Firms

The 19th Annual Chief Legal Officer Survey by Altman Weil, Inc. on management, staffing and spending trends in law departments finds many law departments are negotiating discounts with larger firms or moving work to smaller firms and staffing up their own law departments.
5 minute read

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