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The Legal Intelligencer

3rd Circ. Upholds Dismissal of Phila. Lawyer's Fee Suit Against Pierce Bainbridge

A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a Philadelphia lawyer's suit alleging that Los Angeles litigation boutique Pierce Bainbridge Beck Price & Hecht acted in bad faith by failing to follow through with a $160,000 settlement in a dispute over attorney fees.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Cellphone Records Help Stamford Lawyers Secure $18.6M Award for Crash Survivor

Pennsylvania resident Jorge Amparo suffered back and neck injuries after a tractor-trailer rear-ended the car he was driving on Interstate 95 in Westport in 2014. He won a $15 million jury verdict in May and recently both sides agreed, after filing postverdict motions, to settle the case for $18.6 million.
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Daily Business Review

Miami Firm Defends 'Clearly Excessive' 50% Contingency Fee

Irons Law Group in Miami's agreement with a former client said the firm was entitled to 50% of the accumulative amount of any recovery in the case, even if they switched counsel.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Attorney Ordered to Share Fee With Former Firm After 20-Plus-Year Dispute

With over 20 years of litigation on the books, a Pennsylvania state appeals court has brought to a close a fee dispute between former law partners, ending in one receiving $3,900 from the other.
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New Jersey Law Journal

Benicar Plaintiffs Lawyers' Complaints About Pay Rates Rejected

U.S. Magistrate Judge Joel Schneider ruled that the lawyers' committee that divided up legal fees in the multidistrict litigation treated Gerald Williams and Mark Cuker "fairly and equitably."
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Daily Business Review

Pay Attorney Fees or Face Trial: Court Brushes Off Dentist's Request to Dismiss Suit

Chief U.S. District Judge Mark E. Walker found that the plaintiff in a copyright lawsuit over before-and-after dentistry photos had withheld important evidence in the case.
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Daily Report Online

Lawyers Who Got $1.4B Equifax Data Breach Settlement Want $77M in Fees

In a Tuesday motion, lawyers from 13 firms said their fee request represented less than 20.4% of the $380.5 million cash fund and only 5.6% of the settlement when including the other benefits to the class.
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Daily Report Online

Judge Denies Plaintiff Requests for Court Costs in Paper Ballot Case

U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg called the request premature because the case is still ongoing and no final judgment has been entered.
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Delaware Business Court Insider

TransPerfect, Shawe Win Bid to Access Details of Skadden Bills Incurred by Custodian

The ruling, which Bouchard said he planned to formally enter later this week, ratcheted down tensions in a two-state standoff between Shawe's legal team and attorneys for Robert Pincus, the court-appointed custodian in what has become Delaware's most vexing legal drama.
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Delaware Business Court Insider

Shawe, TransPerfect Hit With Sanctions by Del. Chancellor Over Custodian Billing Dispute

Thursday's ruling was the latest turn in Philip Shawe's long-running feud with the Chancery Court and its appointed custodian, even after he secured full control of TransPerfect in a 2018 court-ordered auction.
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