By Adolfo Pesquera | January 19, 2023
"Generally, a party in a partition suit is not entitled to recover attorney fees because there is no statutory authorization for the award of fees," the appeals court said.
By Allison Dunn | January 19, 2023
"I think it was critical because these kinds of opportunities are harder and harder to find in private practice and for people who are relatively fresh out of law school," said Jeffrey Gentes, a George W. and Sadella D. Crawford visiting clinical lecturer in law at Yale Law School and the managing attorney at the Connecticut Fair Housing Center.
By Amanda Bronstad | January 17, 2023
Plaintiffs lawyers in the $350 million data breach settlement with T-Mobile filed motions this month to strike two "notorious serial objectors" who are challenging their request for $78.75 million in attorney fees.
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By Allison Dunn | January 13, 2023
"The lien also does not contravene public policy and is consistent with IDEA's statutory scheme. First, IDEA's fee-shifting provision provides for an award of reasonable fees and costs to the prevailing party, not all fees and costs. 20 U.S.C. § 1415(i)(3)(B)," Judge Janet Bond Arterton wrote.
By Lisa Willis | January 11, 2023
"This result means that foreclosure defense attorneys who want that monthly deposit to be an installment payment, versus a flat fee for the month, will need to be very specific about that in their contracts," Thomas J. Gruseck said.
By Jason Grant | January 11, 2023
Gibson Dunn's lawsuit filed in 2016 alleges that several individual defendants are liable based on theories of alter ego and piercing the corporate veil after a judgment for outstanding fees was entered against former client Be In, Inc.
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By Emily Cousins | January 10, 2023
"This is 26 years of a perfect, clean record," Matzkin said. "My reputation is important to me, and I am proud of it."
By Adolfo Pesquera | January 9, 2023
"Indeed, Zumwalt was the culpable party, not GG Security. Yet, the lawyers failed to obtain informed consent to the joint representation," the lawsuit said.
By Colleen Murphy | January 9, 2023
In an issue of first impression, the Appellate Court of Maryland held that the circuit court erred in awarding a victim attorney fees and that under the plain language of the applicable statute, the "direct out-of-pocket loss" provision exclusively authorizes courts to award restitution losses resulting from a victim's physical or mental injury.
By Adolfo Pesquera | January 6, 2023
The lawyer questioned an alleged "pay to plea" system that forced criminal defendants to prepay their fines and court costs before being allowed to plead guilty.
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