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New Ruling Could Curb Defense Lawyers' Use of Anti-SLAPP Provisions

The decision could affect multiple mass-tort disputes and fee fights, including litigation involving the Houston Astros and attorney fees in lawsuits over Paxil medication.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

'No Factual or Legal Defense': Davidoff Hutcher Fighting Steve Bannon Over Unpaid Fees

Bannon owes the firm more than $480,000 in fees for previous representation by Davidoff Hutcher partner Robert Costello, according to papers filed with the court.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

6th Circuit Upholds Most Sanctions Against Attorneys Behind Frivolous Election Fraud Lawsuit

Appellate court finds not all allegations in Michigan claim were baseless.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Cambridge Analytica Plaintiffs Lawyers Want $181M in Attorney Fees: 'Facebook Fought Tooth and Nail'

Co-lead class counsel Derek Loeser and Lesley Weaver defended their fee request: 'This was a hard-fought litigation over five years that yielded the largest privacy class action recovery to date and the most Facebook has ever paid to resolve a class action.'
5 minute read

The Recorder

$25M Check in Porter Ranch Attorney Fees Delivered to Girardi Keese Bankruptcy Trustee

The $25 million, sent last week to bankruptcy trustee Elissa Miller, comes from attorney fees owed to the Girardi Keese estate from the $1.8 billion settlement over the 2015 gas leak in the Porter Ranch neighborhood of Los Angeles.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Supreme Court Rules Offer-of-Judgment Is 'Not a Prevailing Party Statute'

The Florida Supreme Court held that the ruling would not result in a "flood of frivolous appeals," as R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. argued.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Todd Blanche, Cadwalader Sued for Alleged Legal Malpractice by Former Clients

Plaintiffs allege malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty in conjunction with an SEC investigation, which has since resulted in charges for twin brothers Adam and Daniel Kaplan.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida's Third DCA Rejects Miccosukee Tribe's Claim for $900K in Attorney Fees

"We have elected judges and the Miccosukee are 600 members and the body politic that votes for these judges is not the Miccosukee Tribe," said Robert O. Saunooke of the Saunooke Law Firm.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Judges Question Post-Appeal Sanctions Authority in Case of Trump Attorney

Seventh Circuit considers whether Wisconsin governor waited too long before seeking attorney fees after election-fraud suit lost on appeal.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

In Referral-Fees Dispute Over Hundreds of Cases, First Department Won't Dismiss Bronx Lawyer's Suit Against Manhattan Personal Injury Firm

Plaintiff Marvin E. Goldberg, who appears runs a solo or boutique law firm founded in 1983, "provided documents for each case for which defendants allegedly failed to pay referral fees pursuant to the parties' purported fee-sharing agreement," wrote the Appellate Division, First Department court.
6 minute read

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