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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 Zack Needles | December 19, 2017
In a closely watched case that waded into the murky ethics of business arrangements between lawyers and nonlawyers, a majority of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court could agree on only one thing: fee-splitting arrangements between lawyers and nonlawyers are not per se unenforceable just because they violate attorney ethics rules.
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By Charles F. Forer | December 18, 2017
Everyone thinks arbitration proceedings are automatically confidential and that the participants cannot blab about them to others.
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By P.J. D'Annunzio | December 12, 2017
While the lawyer representing a bakery sued for trademark infringement over a pretzel sandwich thought the lawsuit was half-baked, a federal judge ruled that it did not rise to the level of a fee sanction.
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By Max Mitchell | December 12, 2017
A Harvard Law professor has issued a report recommending a cap on all contingent fee contracts for attorneys representing former players individually and rejecting arguments that parties should pay an additional set-aside toward a common benefit fund for class counsel attorneys.
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Delaware Business Court Insider
By Tom McParland | December 8, 2017
A federal judge in Delaware threatened TransPerfect Global Inc. CEO Philip R. Shawe with a nationwide filing injunction Friday if he continues to pursue litigation stemming from the court-ordered sale of his translation-services company.
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By Lizzy McLellan | December 7, 2017
Morgan Lewis says ex-client Towers Watson waived conflicts in its engagement letter with the firm.
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Delaware Business Court Insider
By Tom McParland | December 6, 2017
GN Netcom Inc. on Tuesday defended its "strategic" decision to drop a tortious interference claim against Plantronics Inc. in the middle of an antitrust trial, as it tries to stave off a $877,000 fee request and force a new trial against its rival headset maker.
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By Alanna Clair and Shari L. Klevens | December 5, 2017
The challenge, of course, is to screen out the problem clients without significantly impacting the attorneys' business and financial needs.
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By Michael Booth | December 4, 2017
A New Jersey appeals court on Monday upheld an award of more than $186,000 in attorney fees to the owner of a Montclair office building and his accountant.
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By Christine Simmons | November 20, 2017
A Manhattan federal judge ruled that Reed Smith can't sue former co-counsel Wohl & Fruchter in state court for a chunk of class action attorney fees.
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