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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 O'Brien | April 26, 2024
Women-owned Griesing Mazzeo Law had accused the firm of shorting it on fees after duping it into serving as a small diverse business subcontractor. A Pennsylvania federal judge tossed the suit Thursday.
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By Colleen Murphy | April 24, 2024
"In imposing only an admonition, the Board weighed, in mitigation, that none of respondent's clients were harmed, he stipulated to his misconduct and consented to discipline, and, most significantly, he has no prior discipline in more than fifty years at the bar," a Disciplinary Review Board letter said.
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By Aleeza Furman | April 11, 2024
"The court got it right the first time, but we're pleased that the court took the time to write a thorough opinion that will undoubtedly be cited in future fee motions filed within the Third Circuit," co-lead plaintiffs counsel Benjamin Johns, with Shub & Johns, said.
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By Adolfo Pesquera | April 5, 2024
The judge had come under previous scrutiny for two fictional novels she wrote and published, which critics claim appear to be based on real litigation.
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By The Law Journal Editorial Board | April 5, 2024
There is no reason to treat out-of-state attorneys differently than in-state attorneys if we want only the more qualified attorneys to receive referrals in specialized areas of work.
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By Michael A. Mora | April 4, 2024
"This situation is precisely why claims not raised before the court rules are forfeited; otherwise, the court's rulings would never be final," the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida held.
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By Aleeza Furman | March 29, 2024
"This allegedly new evidence of fraud undermines the very existence of an enforceable settlement agreement and, in fact, makes any such agreement, if one existed, voidable, not enforceable," Judge Nitza Quiñones Alejandro ruled.
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By Emily Saul | March 22, 2024
Gibson Dunn filed an Article 75 petition seeking a judgment in support of an arbitration agreement rendered in November.
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By Alex Anteau | March 18, 2024
"[The latest order] is an unusual ruling insofar as the judge found falsity, which is usually a major factual issue in a defamation case," plaintiff's counsel Andrew Beal said
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By Riley Brennan | March 11, 2024
"The UFJA provides a means of domesticating a foreign judgment and identifies how Utah courts must treat these domesticated judgments. Although the UFJA does not specifically address the question of postjudgment interest, subsection 78B-5-302(3) supports the district court's conclusion," Justice John Pearce said.
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