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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 Colleen Murphy | March 16, 2023
"As currently drafted, Rule 2:11-4 invites plaintiffs in LAD cases who are not—and may never be—prevailing parties under N.J.S.A. 10:5-27.1 to file meritless motions for appellate counsel fees in the Appellate Division in order to avoid an argument that they have waived their right to such fees, thus wasting judicial and litigant resources," Justice Anne M. Patterson wrote.
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By Jason Grant | March 14, 2023
"The record is clear that the parties never agreed to a cap on fees and defendant did not eliminate any issues of fact concerning the amount of the fee estimate or explain what the pro rata share of fees would be," the Appellate Division, First Department court also wrote, in another part of the ruling.
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By Emily Saul | March 9, 2023
Award-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis must now pay attorneys fees and costs for Haleigh Breest totaling $2,848,366, Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Sabrina Kraus ordered Tuesday.
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By Avalon Zoppo | March 8, 2023
"In any event, it was the role of the jury to determine whether to award prejudgment interest," Judge Paul Niemeyer wrote for the panel.
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By Marianna Wharry | March 8, 2023
Under the FDCPA, the one-year statute of limitations for claims begins the date the violation occurs, the opinion said.
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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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