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Connecticut Law Tribune

Trial Court Improperly Includes COVID-19 Unemployment Benefits in Alimony Calculations, Appellate Court Remands for Recalculation

A trial court's financial orders following a judgment to dissolve a couple's marriage abused its discretion with an excessive award of alimony because pandemic unemployment assistance appeared to bolster his income, the Connecticut Appellate Court held.
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Daily Business Review

$6M in Attorney Fees: Inside Foley & Lardner's Billing

An expert called the motion a blueprint for asking a federal court for attorney fees.
4 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

SPACs Rush Court of Chancery Asking to Confirm Stock Increase Validity

Vice Chancellor Lori Will has cleared her calendar for Feb. 20 to hear argument on a segment of the petitions that cite Vice Chancellor Morgan Zurn's decision in 'Garfield v. Boxed Inc.'
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Law.com

Court Rejects 'Alarming' Request for 27 Hours' Worth of Attorney Fees ... for Working on Fee Petition

The court did, however, find the bulk of the rest of the fee petition to be reasonable, ultimately awarding the plaintiffs $27,160 for settling a wage-and-hour case.
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Law.com

Veteran Lawyer's Inaction on Attorney Fee Dispute Case Leads to Disbarment

"Parris's continuous inaction at each stage of the litigation resulted in significant harm to Chaddsford in the form of a $75,000 default judgment and court-imposed sanctions of $1,225 in attorneys' fees with post judgment interest. Parris took no action to vacate the default judgment against Chaddsford and did not notify Chaddsford of the default judgment until approximately five months later," Justice Angela M. Eaves wrote on behalf of the unanimous court.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

First Department Affirms Special Master's $1M-Plus Legal Fee Award Against Anna Condo

"Contrary to plaintiff's [Anna Condo's] contention," special master Susan Bender, "had the legal authority to award legal fees associated with defendant's [former husband, George Condo's] motion sequence ... and the defense against plaintiff's appeals to this Court," wrote the appellate panel.
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New York Law Journal

Manhattan Judge Allows Ex-Morelli Client's Countersuit Breach Claim to Advance in Dispute Over $5.5M in Legal Fees

"Given the allegations that Morelli acknowledged the dispute [over the additional 10% contingency fee] multiple times, [Morelli Law Firm's] arguments regarding the possible binding effect of the fee letter, and defendant's possible ratification thereof, raise issues of fact," said Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Louis Nock.
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New York Law Journal

Haggis Calls Emery Celli's Fees 'Unreasonable' in Bid to Reduce Levy in Civil Rape Case

Filmmaker Paul Haggis does not want to pay the more than $3 million in fees and costs accrued by Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel.
4 minute read

Law.com

'Totally Out-of-Bounds for Any Attorney in Any Case:' Federal Judge Slashes Fee Request by 70%

A federal judge in Maryland awarded a plaintiff in an Individuals with Disabilities Education Act case $80,000 in attorney fees—roughly 30% of the $269,054.80 that was initially sought—after finding the bulk of the request to be unreasonable.
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Law.com

Finding Neither Recklessness Nor Bad Faith, Federal Court Denies Starbucks Attorney Fees Despite Victory Over NLRB

"In addition to finding that Petitioner's claims were not frivolous, the Court does not find other evidence of Petitioner's lack of an honesty of purpose in this case," Judge John J. Tuchi wrote. "Moreover, Petitioner did not act recklessly by unreasonably multiplying these proceedings. Finding neither recklessness nor conduct tantamount to bad faith on the part of Petitioner, the Court concludes Respondent is not entitled to attorneys' fees in this matter."
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