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The Legal Intelligencer

To Avoid Fee Disputes, Don't Fear the 'Sticker Shock'

Retainer fees and due diligence can help, but fee disputes, like litigation in general, are unpredictable.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

DC Circuit Resolves Fee Dispute in Native American Land Trust Suit

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia found that a lower court made the right call when it awarded California-based lawyer Mark Brown $2.88 million in fees plus interest, after he spent nearly six years on a long-running class action.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Bill Cosby Swaps Defense Lawyers Again for Criminal Appeal, Legal Fee Suit

Four new lawyers have signed on to represent Cosby as he fights his criminal conviction and squares off with former attorneys over fees.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Boies Schiller Cleared to Keep Billionaire Ex-Client's File Amid Fee Dispute

With a New York state court ruling on Friday, Boies Schiller can continue hanging onto a discovery file that serves as leverage while the firm tries to recover more than $825,000 in unpaid fees from a billionaire former client.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Boies Schiller in Spat With Billionaire Over Unpaid Legal Fees

Boies Schiller Flexner withdrew from representing billionaire Alex Shnaider in September, citing irreconcilable differences and unpaid legal bills. Now Shnaider's arguing that the firm is improperly withholding a case file he needs for an upcoming trial.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Justices Deciding How Entire-Controversy Doctrine Applies to Legal Malpractice Claims

The case is "Dimitrakopoulos v. Borrus, Goldin, Foley, Vignuolo, Hyman & Stahl," a legal malpractice case filed by former clients of a law firm three years after resolution of the firm's collection suit related to its representation of the same clients.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Don't Do It: Joint Settlement Proposals Are a Bad Idea

The Third District Court of Appeal urged local attorneys to avoid submitting joint proposals for attorney fees in a ruling denying a single settlement proposal aimed at two separate defendants.
4 minute read

Law.com

Labaton Agrees to Pay $4.8M to Settle Special Master's Overbilling Inquiry

Labaton acknowledged it should have disclosed a $4.1 million referral payment and agreed to make several internal changes.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Disbarred NJ Lawyer's Malpractice Suit Against Former Counsel Rightly Tossed, Court Says

"Defendants did not commit malpractice," the panel said. "Because this is merely a fee dispute, defendants did not breach a fiduciary duty."
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Editorial: Courts Correctly Sanction Attorney Overbilling

Clemens v. N.Y. Central Mutual Fire Ins. Co.Attorneys' bills must be “reasonable” to comport with New Jersey's Rule of Professional Conduct…
8 minute read

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