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The Recorder

Appeals Court Strikes $8.7M in Legal Fees Based on Coupons in Class Action Settlement

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit found that the district judge had violated the Class Action Fairness Act and tackled the legal question of what constitutes a coupon.
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Daily Business Review

Magistrate Judge Recommends $60,000 in Sanctions to Miami-Dade Attorney in Federal Overtime Case

U.S. Magistrate Judge Chris M. McAliley filed a report concluding attorney Jamie Zidell filed a frivolous complaint in federal court and recommended $60,000 in sanctions to cover defense attorney fees.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Attorney-Client Agreements Are Subject to Scrutiny

Most businesses and individuals enjoy a broad right to contract by which they are free to enter into contracts often subject only to the limitation that the contracts do not violate any existing laws or public policy.
7 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

NJ Justices Asked to Weigh Lawyer's Obligation in Retainer Fee Fight

Somerville attorney Brian Cige was hit with a lawsuit seeking to void his retainer after he sent a bill for $286,746 to a client in a fee-shifting case.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Texas Appeals Court Rules Attorney Did Not Waive Arbitration by Delaying Litigation With Ex-Clients

Dallas' Fifth Court of Appeals has reversed a decision denying arbitration to a lawyer in a lawsuit brought by two ex-clients who allege the attorney…
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Appellate Court Issues Ruling on Attorney Fees by Way of Rejected Offers of Judgment

The appellate court's ruling reversed and remanded the underlying case in order to determine the amount to be awarded to the appellants.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Reexamine the Offer of Judgment Rule

After the Supreme Court's Aug. 15 opinion in Wilner v. Vertical Realty, Inc., we believe the rule requires revision with respect to multi-defendant cases.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

How to Handle Fee Petitions: Lawyers See Lessons in Tough 3rd Cir. Rulings

Although the circumstances that gave rise to the Third Circuit's recent rulings are, according to attorneys who spoke with The Legal, particularly "egregious," lawyers are taking them as a clear reminder that fee petitions are not the opening salvo in a negotiation process, and lawyers need to take a close look to make sure their requests are reasonable before submitting them.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

South Florida Law Firms Lock Horns Over Motion for Sanctions

Miami firm Reiner & Reiner has asked a magistrate judge to punish the Meloni Law Firm in Plantation over its conduct in a debt collection case that's stretched on for years.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

More Bad News for Bill Cosby: Law Firm Sues for More Than $282K in Legal Fees

Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis claims Cosby began failing to pay his bills to the firm last August.
4 minute read

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