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The American Lawyer

Florida DEP Official Joins Foley & Lardner as State Reveals Payments of Millions to both Foley and Latham

The head of the Florida DEP is leaving to work for Foley & Lardner amid scrutiny over how much the state agreed to pay in legal fees, just months after the firm won a state contract to handle money Florida received from the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster.
21 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Patent Plaintiff Eyes Supreme Court in Prickly Fight Over Contingency Fees

In a win for Jenner & Block, the court let stand a $4.4 million fee award for work performed in a patent suit before the firm withdrew and new lawyers secured a settlement.
26 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Possible Consequences of Pursuing Outstanding Legal Fees

In her Professional Liability Insurance column, Sue C. Jacobs writes: The action for attorney fees is one in which all the parties' dirty laundry is aired. An attorney who sues for fees can expect to litigate a malpractice claim, along with breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and other possible causes of action a creative lawyer conceives.
19 minute read

New York Law Journal

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP v. Avra Surgical Robotics, Inc.

By | January 12, 2017
Default Against Law Firm Vacated, Granting It Leave to Serve Reply to Client's Counterclaim
3 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Laster Denies Indemnification for Former Quiznos Executives

The Delaware Court of Chancery on Monday ruled that an assignment agreement did not obligate three units of Quiznos to indemnify or pay the legal fees of former executives, who had to defend fraud claims stemming from the company's out-of-court restructuring in 2012.
10 minute read

Daily Business Review

Court: Infringement Case Fees Not Covered by Insurance

The Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit rules liability insurance does not cover legal fees when a policyholder waits — and waits — to notify the insurer of the litigation.
3 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Third Circuit Vacates $1.1M Attorney Fees Award

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Jan. 6 wiped out a $1.1 million award of attorney fees to Cross & Simon, finding the amount was not supported by a lower court's analysis.
14 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

True R.R. Assoc., L.P. v. Ames True Temper, Inc. PICS Case No. 17-0015 (Pa. Super. Dec. 13, 2016) Bowes, J. (38 pages).

By | January 06, 2017
Trial court properly denied appellant's request to terminate a purchase option under a lease and a contract for the sale of the realty because appellant's challenge to the exercise of the option was res judicata. Affirmed.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Cnty. of Allegheny v. Workers' Comp. Appeal Bd. (Parker), PICS Case No. 17-0001 (Pa. Commw. Dec. 20, 2016) Colins, J. (19 pages).

By | January 06, 2017
Employer was entitled to a refund of unreasonable contest attorney fees where the denial of employer's suspension petition and award of fees was ultimately overturned on appeal after employer paid the fees after denial of a stay. Order of the WCAB reversed.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Changes to NY RPCs and an Ethics Opinion on Withdrawing for Non-Payment of Fees

In his Professional Responsibility column, Anthony E. Davis reviews changes to the New York Rules of Professional Conduct as adopted by the New York State Bar Association's Committee on Standards and Attorney Conduct
19 minute read

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