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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 Michael W. Winfield | January 15, 2018
In the traditional model of dispute resolution through litigation, a win is easy to define. Most times, there is a winner and a loser identified by who prevailed, on which claims, and what monetary compensation was awarded. Indeed, with the exception of limited equitable remedies available for a small subset of certain claims, this is the predetermined, limited outcome of the litigation process. It is black and white by design.
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By Albert Bates Jr. and R. Zachary Torres-Fowler | January 15, 2018
At its core, international arbitration is governed by a combination of common and civil law norms that have evolved over time. Thus, unsurprisingly, international arbitration practice differs in many ways from what an attorney might encounter during court proceedings or domestic arbitrations in the United States.
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By Samuel C. Stretton | January 11, 2018
I am a young lawyer and I want to start using credit cards since I am having difficulty getting clients to pay me. Are there any rules or regulations about using credit cards by an attorney?
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By Tom McParland | January 10, 2018
Attorneys for Gov. John Carney are asking a federal judge in Wilmington to slash a request for attorney fees in the case of a New Castle County lawyer who successfully challenged a provision of the Delaware Constitution requiring political balance on the state's courts.
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By Colby Hamilton | January 9, 2018
U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman didn't find the joke funny enough to grant attorney fees and costs to a company that prevailed against fashion icon Louis Vuitton's copyright infringement suit on parody grounds.
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By Charles F. Forer | January 8, 2018
Whenever Bob discusses arbitration with a client, he talks about the advantages of avoiding court proceedings. His first words always are, “You save so much money.” Bob has learned that his clients like to save money and that these savings are more important to them than the speed of arbitration or the ability to pick the decision-maker or the many other benefits that arbitration provides.
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Delaware Business Court Insider
By Tom McParland | January 5, 2018
The Delaware Court of Chancery on Friday denied multimillion-dollar requests for attorney fees from Mrs. Fields Brand Inc. and Interbake Foods, ruling that neither party had prevailed in a dispute over a contract to sell Mrs. Fields cookies in grocery and convenience stores.
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By Zack Needles | December 28, 2017
The bulk of The Legal's 10 most-read stories of the year fit pretty neatly into three categories: unhappy news for law firms, attorneys in trouble and upheaval in the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office.
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By Daniel J. Siegel | December 28, 2017
Think back to your “Professional Responsibility” class in law school. What questions did you hear over and over?
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By Robert Storace | December 27, 2017
Attorney J. Michael Lewis, a Greenwich solo practitioner, has been sued for legal malpractice over his role in an insurance case.
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