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Syngenta Special Master Rejects $150M in Fees for Texas Attorney Mikal Watts

Special master Ellen Reisman recommended that lead counsel in Kansas get half the estimated $500 million in legal fees.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Appeals Court Sends Back $353,000 Award in Margulies Wind's Dispute With Client

The Appellate Division upheld dismissal of a legal malpractice action against Margulies Wind by a former client involved in estate litigation, but in the process the panel remanded an award of $353,683 to the New Jersey firm for further proceedings.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

No Attorney Fees for Cruise Line in Ongoing Saga Over a Wrongly Discounted Diamond

Starboard Cruise Services entered a proposal for settlement in its legal battle with a passenger who purchased a $4.75 million diamond for the quoted price of $235,000 aboard one of its ships. After emerging victorious, the Third District Court of Appeal has denied the cruise line's motion for attorney fees because the passenger's claim sought both damages and non-monetary relief.
4 minute read

Litigation Daily

Will New Guidance from the Northern District of California Become the Standard by Which All Class Action Settlements Are Measured?

With little fanfare, the Northern District of California recently issued guidance on class action settlements. The Guidance—by far the most comprehensive in the country—has the potential to have a significant impact, not just on class actions filed in the Northern District of California, but in class actions filed throughout the country.
7 minute read

The Recorder

Will the Northern District of California's New Settlement Guidance Become the Standard by Which All Class Action Settlements Are Measured?

With little fanfare, the Northern District of California recently issued guidance on class action settlements. The Guidance—by far the most comprehensive in the country—has the potential to have a significant impact, not just on class actions filed in the Northern District of California, but in class actions filed throughout the country.
7 minute read

The American Lawyer

Boies Schiller Looks to Secure $640K in Fee Dispute With Chinese Real Estate Mogul

The firm is asking the court to uphold an arbitration award against a former client—the second time in recent months Boies Schiller has ended up in New York state court because of a legal fee dispute.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Decision Blocking Pay for Special Prosecutors on Ken Paxton Case Upheld on Appeal

The Court of Criminal Appeals has refused to overturn a ruling that's preventing the three Houston attorneys appointed as special prosecutors in the criminal case against Ken Paxton from getting paid.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Court Scales Back $184,000 Award to Trenk DiPasquale in Fee Fight With Ex-Client

Trenk DiPasquale Della Fera & Sodono is entitled to some of the $184,000 previously awarded to it in litigation against a former client, a state appeals court has said, although it reversed and remanded on some points.
7 minute read

Litigation Daily

5th Circuit 'Stunned' Over $130,000 Fee Request by 2 Texas Lawyers in $1,000 Debt Collection Case, Awards Them Zero

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has slammed two Texas lawyers and their client in a recent decision, writing that it was “stunned” by the trio's $130,000 attorney fee request in connection with a $1,000 Fair Debt Collection Practices Act award concerning a $107.29 unpaid water bill.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

5th Circuit 'Stunned' Over $130,000 Fee Request by 2 Texas Lawyers in $1,000 FDCPA Case, Awards Them Zero

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has slammed two Texas lawyers and their client in a recent decision, writing that it was “stunned” by the trio's $130,000 attorney fee request in connection with a $1,000 Fair Debt Collection Practices Act award concerning a $107.29 unpaid water bill.
4 minute read

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