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Delaware Law Weekly

Two Wilmington Firms' Battle Over Attorney Fees Rolls On Fees

A heated dispute between two Wilmington law firms will continue to play out in Delaware Superior Court after a judge last week let stand both counts of a complaint seeking compensation for attorney fees and work performed.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Mistrial Called After Judge OKs Lawyer's Dual Role as Witness

An appeals court has granted an emergent application for a mistrial in a legal malpractice case after the trial judge said one of the lawyers in the case could testify as a fact witness while continuing to represent her client.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Plaintiffs Lawyer Tom Girardi's Finances Pried Open in Misappropriation Suit

Plaintiffs attorney Thomas Girardi has been ordered to turn over documents detailing his personal net worth and the finances of his Los Angeles law firm, Girardi Keese, as part of a lawsuit alleging he misappropriated more than $12.5 million from a settlement over hormone replacement therapy drug Prempro.
16 minute read

The Recorder

Newegg Slams EDTX in Supreme Court Petition

General counsel Lee Cheng says the district has adopted a rigid rule that forecloses fee awards in most patent cases.
17 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Paying for Legal Counsel in Eminent Domain Cases

There is no provision in Connecticut and many other states for someone whose property is taken by eminent domain to be compensated for the cost of their legal representation. That is patently unfair.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Meyer, Darragh, Buckler, Bebenek & Eck, P.L.L.C. v. Law Firm of Malone Middleman, P.C., PICS Case No. 16-0560 (Pa. April 25, 2016) Baer, J. (22 pages).

A predecessor law firm was not entitled to breach of contract damages against a successor law for a share of legal fees where there was no contract between the law firms, instead only a contract between the predecessor law firm and an employee attorney who took the case to the successor law firm, such that the employee attorney as a nonpartner owed and imposed no fiduciary duty to split fees. Order of the superior court reversed.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judge Orders Insurers to Pay Legal Fees of FIFA Official

Insurers have been ordered to pay the legal fees of a FIFA official arrested in a wide-ranging criminal corruption case, likely opening the door for other FIFA officers and their attorneys to tap the $50 million policy for legal fees.
11 minute read

Legaltech News

Yahoo Leverages AI Platform Brightflag for Insights Into Legal Spend

In a session at the CLOC Institute, Yahoo's Jeff Franke explained how AI provides new levels of insight and predictability.
9 minute read

The Recorder

Making Them Pay

By | April 29, 2016
Since the U.S. Supreme Court reset the rules for fee-shifting in patent cases two years ago, district judges have since awarded fees in 63 reported decisions out of 168 petitions—about 38 percent of the time. Roughly half the awards have come in competitor cases (blue) and half have come in NPE cases (red). Hover over each case to see details including presiding judge, district and the amount awarded.
1 minute read

Law.com

Ex-NFL Players Sue Lawyers Over Fees in Concussion Case

Former professional football ­players involved in the NFL concussion litigation have sued their former ­attorneys in federal court over liens placed or intended to be placed on the players' individual cuts of the league's $1 billion settlement.
12 minute read

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