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New York Law Journal

Severstal Wheeling, Inc. Retirement Committee v. WPN Corp.

By | April 27, 2016
Counsels' Reasonable Proposed Hourly Rates Reduced for Block Billing, Duplicated Work
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Ex-Quinn Emanuel Client Can't Dodge Arbitration Clause

A case filed by a former Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan client who sued the firm over what he claimed were “excessive" legal fees was sent to arbitration by a Florida state court judge in Miami.
26 minute read

International Edition

U.K. Government to Push For Capped Legal Fees

in the wake of controversy over the 2.8 million pounds that Freshfields billed for its work on the Eurostar sale last year, the U.K. government will seek capped fee agreements with its external law firms.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Ex-Informant Who Won $1.9M From Feds is Sued Over Legal Fees

A boutique Washington law firm claims that a former confidential informant for U.S. law enforcement in Colombia is refusing to safeguard $731,500 in contested legal fees from a $1.9 million settlement reached last month with the feds.
21 minute read

National Law Journal

IN BRIEF: No Prison for Ex-Officer

By | April 25, 2016
Former New York City Police Officer Peter Liang won't serve prison time for his on-duty shooting of unarmed Akai Gurley with a ricocheted bullet in a dark public housing stairwell in November 2014. Plus more in this week's column.
10 minute read

The Recorder

Class Action Fee Fight Trumps Family Ties

With $192 million at stake, two big names in the Bay Area antitrust bar are doing battle.
10 minute read

The Recorder

My Client Isn't Paying Up. Should I Sue?

Some firms use formulas to make the decision.
13 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Contingency Fee Agreement Focus of Latest Hearings in Multi-Million-Dollar Malpractice Case

Clients continue to maintain firm overcharged them by millions of dollars.
16 minute read

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