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Connecticut Law Tribune

McCarter & English Punitive Damages Question to Be Argued Before State High Court

State and federal trial courts have split on whether punitive damages are available for contract claims outside of the insurance context, according to a recent ruling from U.S. District Judge Michael Shea of the District of Connecticut.
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The Recorder

California Law Firm Accused of Legal Malpractice and Fraudulent Billing Practices

This case was first surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM's source for immediate alerting on just-filed cases in state and federal courts. Law.com Radar now offers state court coverage nationwide. Sign up today and be among the first to know about new suits in your region, practice area or client sector.
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The Recorder

Wisner Baum Roiled After Roundup MDL Leadership Firms Seek 81% of Fees

At least five plaintiffs' firms, including Wisner Baum, which won verdicts of $289 million and $2 billion in 2018 and 2019, are objecting to the allocation of common benefit fees in the Roundup multidistrict litigation.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Where Miami Ranks in States Litigators Charge Highest Attorney Fee Rates

"These new lawyers are integrating their N.Y. rates into the market and increasing the rates, but I don't think that the rates charged for local work are increasing at the same pace," attorney fees expert Edward Mullins, a partner at Reed Smith, said about Miami's high rates.
3 minute read

Law.com

State High Court Rejects Law Professor's Wage Dispute, Finding Fee Basis Is 'Far Exceeding' Minimum Wage, Salary Requirements

Based on his hours in the classroom, the adjunct professor earned $75 per hour for teaching the banking law course, and approximately $102 per hour for the second course—rates "far exceeding" Maine's minimum wage and salary-basis requirement in Section 663(3)K, the court determined.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

In Reversal, Florida Appellate Court Awards $805K in Attorney Fees

The lower court judge held that a $4,000 hourly rate "shocks the undersigned's conscience."
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Foreclosure Orders; Default Judgement of Foreclosure and Sale; Water Charge Calculations: This Week In Scott Mollen's Realty Law Digest

Scott Mollen discusses "Universal Construction, Inc. v. Ramza," "Axos Bank v. Ottomanelli," and "Omega Mkt. v. NYC Dep't of Environmental Protection.
16 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Judge Slashes 70% of Attorney Fees Requested by Evangelical Litigation Organization

"It's not a matter of if; it's just a matter of when the Supreme Court will take one of these cases and strike them down nationally," said Mathew Staver, chairman of Liberty Counsel.
4 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

TransPerfect Attorney Offers Payment to End Years-Long Chancery Fee Dispute

Famed attorney Alan Dershowitz, holding what he said was a file folder containing checks, said as a gesture of good faith and an effort to resolve the longest-running Chancery case after nearly 10 years.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Cadwalader Countersues, Seeking Unpaid Bills From Ex-Clients Who Alleged Legal Malpractice

Former clients Adam and Daniel Kaplan sued the firm and former Cadwalader partner Todd Blanche last year, alleging legal malpractice. Cadwalader and Blanche have called the suit "baseless."
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