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Disbarred Attorney Must Pay $1.3M in Restitution for the 'Most Egregious and Extensive Trust Violation' Commission Has Ever Seen

"In recommending disbarment, the Commission asserted that the scope and magnitude of Doud's ethical failures were 'unequaled in the Commission's collective experience,' and this case proved the most egregious and extensive trust violation and misappropriation/commingling case to ever come before it," the order said.
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Law.com

Roundup MDL Lead Counsel Defend Fee Allocations: 'Limited Funds Available'

The fee committee, which is comprised of the three lead plaintiffs' firms in the Roundup multidistrict litigation, allocated 81% to themselves, but three firms objected to their allocations.
5 minute read

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.
6 minute read

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.
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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."
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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.
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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

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