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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 Max Mitchell | March 7, 2023
"Once you allocate money into a fund, I don't know that it's a private account," Commonwealth Court Judge Patricia McCullough said.
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By Emily Saul | March 6, 2023
Manhattan Judge Lyle Frank wrote in his order that Kasowitz lawyers had failed to show they would suffer irreparable injury if the money were not escrowed.
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By Emily Saul | March 1, 2023
In their lawsuit, Kasowitz said it was entitled to 15% in legal fees from the settlement, while Glenn Agre wants 90% of the fees.
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By ALM Staff | February 27, 2023
This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decisions editors.
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By Jason Grant | February 23, 2023
Davidoff Hutcher also asked in its complaint that the state Supreme Court schedule "a hearing on the reasonable attorneys' fees DHC is contractually entitled to as the prevailing party in this litigation."
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By Riley Brennan | February 22, 2023
"The initial deal that plaintiffs' counsel struck with Altria amounted to a façade, and the court will not credit plaintiffs' counsel for their skill and experience where plaintiffs' counsel failed to bring those qualities to bear in the negotiation process," said U.S. District Judge David Novak of the Eastern District of Virginia.
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By Marianna Wharry | February 22, 2023
A trial court's financial orders following a judgment to dissolve a couple's marriage abused its discretion with an excessive award of alimony because pandemic unemployment assistance appeared to bolster his income, the Connecticut Appellate Court held.
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By Michael A. Mora | February 21, 2023
An expert called the motion a blueprint for asking a federal court for attorney fees.
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Delaware Business Court Insider
By Ellen Bardash | February 15, 2023
Vice Chancellor Lori Will has cleared her calendar for Feb. 20 to hear argument on a segment of the petitions that cite Vice Chancellor Morgan Zurn's decision in 'Garfield v. Boxed Inc.'
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By Riley Brennan | February 10, 2023
The court did, however, find the bulk of the rest of the fee petition to be reasonable, ultimately awarding the plaintiffs $27,160 for settling a wage-and-hour case.
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