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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 Aleeza Furman | July 10, 2023
"In other words," Camping World wrote in a June 5 bankruptcy court filing, "the trustee brought claims (which she touted publicly), lost on every one, and then unilaterally put the entire arbitration on hold."
3 minute read
By Emily Saul | July 10, 2023
Bannon's lawyer Harlan Protass called the decision "clearly wrong" and said they planned to immediately appeal.
3 minute read
By Alex Anteau | July 7, 2023
Friday's hearing also saw the plaintiffs motion to join a new defendant in the action – Kentucky lawyer and Wood's colleague Tom McMurtry, co-counsel in the legal action at the root of the original fee-splitting agreement.
4 minute read
By Matthew Romano | July 5, 2023
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit recently upheld a district court's decision, ruling that the prevailing defendants, Hasbro and Klamer, were not entitled to attorney fees in a copyright lawsuit from Markham Concepts regarding "The Game of Life."
4 minute read
By Adolfo Pesquera | June 30, 2023
The decision could affect multiple mass-tort disputes and fee fights, including litigation involving the Houston Astros and attorney fees in lawsuits over Paxil medication.
6 minute read
By Emily Saul | June 30, 2023
Bannon owes the firm more than $480,000 in fees for previous representation by Davidoff Hutcher partner Robert Costello, according to papers filed with the court.
3 minute read
By Avalon Zoppo | June 23, 2023
Appellate court finds not all allegations in Michigan claim were baseless.
4 minute read
By Amanda Bronstad | June 22, 2023
Co-lead class counsel Derek Loeser and Lesley Weaver defended their fee request: 'This was a hard-fought litigation over five years that yielded the largest privacy class action recovery to date and the most Facebook has ever paid to resolve a class action.'
5 minute read
By Amanda Bronstad | June 20, 2023
The $25 million, sent last week to bankruptcy trustee Elissa Miller, comes from attorney fees owed to the Girardi Keese estate from the $1.8 billion settlement over the 2015 gas leak in the Porter Ranch neighborhood of Los Angeles.
3 minute read
By Michael A. Mora | June 15, 2023
The Florida Supreme Court held that the ruling would not result in a "flood of frivolous appeals," as R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. argued.
3 minute read
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