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Small Firm Must Pay $11K+ Sanction for Failing to Oversee Bookkeeper Who Embezzled Money

It's on one small law firm to pay more than $11,000 in Virginia State Bar sanctions after no one reviewed the firm's bills or bank statements for years except for its bookkeeper, who was ultimately convicted of embezzling nearly $650,000.
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

As Billing Rates Skyrocket, Historic Fee Leaders Find Company at $2,000 Per Hour

Weil, Kirkland, Skadden and Latham once outpaced the rest of Big Law on what they could charge, but that may begin to change.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Netflix Doesn't Need to 'Prevail' to Win $409,000 in Attorney Fees

Citing 'blatant gamesmanship' by patent owner Realtime Adaptive Streaming, the Federal Circuit affirms a trial judge's authority to award fees under his inherent equitable powers.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Magistrate Judge Rules on Fee Allocation in Dispute Between NFL Player's Past and Current Lawyers

Three-quarters of the fee award went to the law firm that represented the plaintiff in his submission of a successful claim more than two years later than another firm.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

'We, Too, Are Frustrated': Rehearing Remains Elusive Years After 11th Circuit Banned Class Action Awards

The 2020 opinion from the Eleventh Circuit found incentive awards unlawful, prompting judges across the country to grapple over whether to grant the commonplace awards to class representatives in class action settlements.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

$600K in Attorney Fees Affirmed for Gunster's Client

"Claims an arbitrator exceeded the powers circumscribed by the parties' agreement is one of the most exceptional and difficult grounds to seek vacatur of the award," said Glenn J. Waldman, of counsel at Gunster.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Justices Dismiss Appeal on Timeliness of Attorney Fee Request as Improvidently Granted

The decision lets stand a ruling that a motion seeking attorney fees was barred by a 30-day time restriction.
3 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Kramer Levin Escapes Bid to Pin It With $9 Million in Attorney Fees

Take-Two Interactive had pointed to criticisms and sanctions leveled by other district judges against the same lawyers. But U.S. District Judge Richard Andrews said the conduct in his courtroom, while at times 'regrettable' wasn't far out of the norm for patent infringement cases.
3 minute read

Law.com

Judge Reduces Attorney Fees for 'Partial Success' in State Election Law Challenge

"Based on my review of other attorney's fee awards in this district over the past several years, adjusted to reflect the cost of legal services in the winter of 2021 (when the bulk of the work in this case occurred), these fee strike me as appropriate for experienced counsel. Accordingly, the fee award will be calculated using the secretary's proposed rates," wrote U.S. District Judge Lance E. Walker of the District of Maine.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Federal Judge Affirms Employment Discrimination Verdict Against Philadelphia, Awards Ex-Cops $800K+ in Attorney Fees, Costs

"The Audit Report—which found that across departments, the city lacks proper policies for investigating complaints of sexual harassment and disciplining employees when those complaints are sustained—ties McCowan's hostile investigation to this larger city custom," wrote U.S. District Judge Karen S. Marston of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
4 minute read

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