By Charles Toutant | March 24, 2022
For the defendant firm to charge its obligation for a subsequent fee-sharing deal as an expense greatly reduced the amount paid to Cohen, said the plaintiff's lawyer Noel Schablik. "That's so fundamentally wrong, it shouldn't have happened," he said.
By Amanda Bronstad | March 11, 2022
The fees and costs outlined in the $26 billion opioid deal with Johnson & Johnson's Janssen Pharmaceuticals and three distributors are a mix of common benefit fees, contingency fees and payments to the states for outside counsel. One law professor said, "it's not like the lawyers are going to be impoverished."
By Allison Dunn | February 16, 2022
"Most people look at this and they say, 'Look at this crazy attorney, [he] filed a frivolous lawsuit in federal court after he lost in state court.' So, I look like a nut, but nobody knows the backstory, nobody knows what happened to get to this point," attorney Gary Dolan told Law.com.
By Amanda Bronstad | January 27, 2022
Roundup MDL Judge Vince Chhabria called on a federal rules committee last year to review common benefit fees in multidistrict litigation, which he called "totally out of control." But rules changes are unlikely.
By Amanda Bronstad | January 5, 2022
The Ferraro Law Firm in Miami has accused lead counsel in the multidistrict litigation over Johnson & Johnson's talcum powder of a "money grab" by collecting potential common benefit fees on two dozen lawsuits he settled.
By Jonathan Erway | December 22, 2021
NJSBA Hosts Webinar on Recovering Fees The New Jersey State Bar Association hosted a CLE webinar, "Best Practices for the Recovery and Defense of…
By Hugo Guzman | August 25, 2021
The Teaneck-based company sued attorney Jeremy Bohrer after it had paid him for defending its CLO in a federal investigation.
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.
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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.
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