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By Zack Needles | February 20, 2020
In a ruling that could prove instructive as to where courts should draw the line when it comes to discovery violations, the Pennsylvania Superior Court upheld the dismissal of a motor vehicle accident case as a sanction after the plaintiff repeatedly failed to appear for a deposition and sent incomplete and untimely responses to discovery requests.
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By Charles Toutant | January 24, 2020
A judge found accepting that fee was improper because New Jersey ethics rules only allow payment of referral fees by a certified trial attorney.
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By P.J. D'Annunzio | January 15, 2020
In a case of first impression, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, tossing out a fight over millions in attorney fees between two law firms from Texas and Ohio, has held that a defendant's removal of a case to federal court does not equal consent to jurisdiction.
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By P.J. D'Annunzio | December 19, 2019
The sports entertainment production company that licensed the 2015 boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao for commercial use has won attorney fees in a case in which it sued a bar for unlicensed exhibition of the match.
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By Amanda Bronstad | December 18, 2019
The lawsuit alleges that Andrus Wagstaff owes Blank Rome $489,500 after retaining the Philadelphia firm to help boost its common benefit fees in the transvaginal mesh litigation from the $8.7 million allocation. Blank Rome, the suit says, was able to get another $4.9 million.
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By Max Mitchell | December 17, 2019
Two firms are fighting over how to split the fee award from a settlement secured for a Texas oilfield worker who was paralyzed after an improperly attached light fixture on an oil derrick fell more than 100 feet onto his head.
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By P.J. D'Annunzio | November 26, 2019
A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a Philadelphia lawyer's suit alleging that Los Angeles litigation boutique Pierce Bainbridge Beck Price & Hecht acted in bad faith by failing to follow through with a $160,000 settlement in a dispute over attorney fees.
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By P.J. D'Annunzio | November 7, 2019
With over 20 years of litigation on the books, a Pennsylvania state appeals court has brought to a close a fee dispute between former law partners, ending in one receiving $3,900 from the other.
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By Lizzy McLellan | September 25, 2019
One year into his prison sentence and about seven months after settling a similar dispute with Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis, Bill Cosby has lost a confrontation with Quinn Emanuel over his legal fees.
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By Zack Needles | August 29, 2019
Attorneys can petition to recover fees under the Unfair Trade Practice and Consumer Protection Law for time they spent preparing and litigating fee petitions—but only within reason, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled in a case that could prove instructive for litigators across the state.
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