By Amanda Bronstad | June 24, 2021
In a tentative order Thursday, Orange County Superior Court Judge Kirk Nakamura ordered attorneys David Yeremian and Jason Rothman to each pay $10,000 within 10 days. At issue was a declaration submitted in support of attorney fees stating that Rothman worked 357 hours, but added, "I actually worked 185.38 so the above hours are exaggerated to help us meet the lodestar but not seeming too far out of line."
By Stephen Masciocchi and Jessica Smith | June 22, 2021
The circuit court held that district courts must apply "heightened scrutiny" to settlement agreements containing these provisions, because "the "presence of both agreements in a settlement agreement also suggests the class members may not be receiving all reasonable benefits."
By Hugo Guzman | June 22, 2021
Contractual obligations forced Cognizant Technology Solutions to pay former Chief Legal Officer Steven E. Schwartz's legal fees after the CLO found himself indicted by the Department of Justice, but now Cognizant is suing Schwartz's attorney for $20 million, alleging fraudulent billing practices.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Stefan Belinfanti and Gary Tsirelman | June 18, 2021
Insurers that seek to assert these defenses should remain cognizant of the fact that arbitration/litigation actions involving such disputes may expose them to higher attorney fees.
By Hugo Guzman | June 17, 2021
Cognizant Technology Solutions was obligated to pay for its chief legal officer's lawyers when he faced investigation, but the company was suspicious of one of the firms doing that work, a new lawsuit says.
By Tom McParland | June 16, 2021
The fees award, entered Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan of the Southern District of New York, capped nearly nine years of litigation in the case, which claimed that MetLife had overstated its financial health, despite accusations that it had improperly retained money it owed to insurance beneficiaries.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By P.J. D'Annunzio | June 9, 2021
In doing so, the court's precedential opinion clarified the circumstances under which a district court has ancillary enforcement jurisdiction, allowing them to resolve disputes that arise in cases long after the primary issues have been finalized.
By Charles Toutant | May 27, 2021
"The Texas lawyers toyed with suing in New Jersey, but ultimately did not. Because the New Jersey fee cap does not apply to this Texas attorney's fee, we will affirm," Judge Stephanos Bibas of the Third Circuit said.
By Bruce Love | May 27, 2021
Attorney Gary Silversmith claims Akin Gump originally agreed to let him keep 66% of any contingency fee earned representing the Kyrgyz Republic.
By Scott Graham | May 25, 2021
Judge William Alsup declared "Finjan v. Juniper Networks" exceptional following his unique shootout system for litigating patent cases. Now a special master is recommending the judge award $6 million in fees to Juniper.
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