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'It's Starting to Look Political': Appeals Court Reverses Attorney Fees for Homeowner in Foreclosure Case

The appellate panel found that because homeowner Farshadi Faramarz had argued U.S. Bank N.A. and Nationstar had no standing to sue him under the contract, that took away his right to fees from those parties under that same contract. The Fourth District Court of Appeals relied on Nationstar v. Glass, which has a shaky history.
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Daily Report Online

Barnes & Thornburg Sued for Legal Mal Over Handling of Insurance Fraud Suit

The complaint said the firm and Atlanta partner James Leonard mishandled a lawsuit saying an insurer and a now-barred agent scammed a woman out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in premiums for a policy she ultimately had to give up.
7 minute read

Delaware Law Weekly

3rd Circ. Rejects Law Firm's Bid to Set Aside $15M of Client's Bankruptcy Payouts for Attorney Fees

A federal appeals court has denied a Wilmington law firm's request to stop the flow of settlement money from a body armor company's bankruptcy so that the firm could establish a $15 million reserve for attorney fees.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Detailed Evidence Needed to Prove Attorney Fee Awarded as Sanction, High Court Rules

“All fee-shifting situations require reasonableness,” the opinion said.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

3rd DCA Reverses Denial of Attorney Fees to Miccosukee Tribe in Litigation With Lewis Tein Firm

The appellate court ruled the lower court erred in denying the tribe's motion on the grounds its offers of judgment had been made in bad faith.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Appellate Division Confirms $329K Fee Award for McCarter & English in Family Airport Company Dispute

The Appellate Division affirmed the award to Suzanne Solberg Nagle and her McCarter & English attorneys in a long-running dispute involving family companies that own and operate Solberg-Hunterdon Airport in Readington Township.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Filing Fanatic: Dispute Over Anapol Weiss' NFL Common Benefit Fee Shapes Up in 3rd Circuit

The lawyer who initially represented two-time Super Bowl champion Jim McMahon is seeking to obtain a third of the $4.6 million that Anapol Weiss received for its work shepherding the NFL concussion class action settlement.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Who Is the Less Monied Spouse?

Is the less monied spouse the spouse who earns less or the spouse with less assets? Does the shift in financial resources that results from a child support award rebut the presumption that the spouse with a greater income is the ”monied” spouse? Is the less monied spouse the one whose historical earnings are less, or the one whose future earning capacity is less?
10 minute read

Daily Business Review

Court Sides With Chiropractor in Attorney Fee Fight With Miami Litigator Mark Feldman

An order issued by the Third District Court of Appeal on Wednesday held a lower court applied incorrect case doctrine in declining to award appellate attorney fees to Florida Wellness & Rehabilitation Center Inc. in its legal action against lawyer Mark Feldman.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Judge Sanctions 'Heedless' Pro Se Plaintiff Whose Daughter Died on Cruise Ship

U.S. Magistrate Judge Johnathan Goodman didn't mince his words, writing that the plaintiff was "on the wrong end" of a sanctions motion because she'd abused the court system and unduly prejudiced the defense.
6 minute read

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