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New Jersey Law Journal

Bad News, Good News for Lawyer Fee Applications

'Giarusso,' while not authorizing a charging lien in a post-judgment matrimonial action, did pronounce that a separate action need not be filed. We support the opinion's streamlining of attorney's recovery of fees and its tactful reminder of the criteria for obtaining those fees.
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National Law Journal

Labaton Sucharow Wants State Street Judge Recused After He Hinted at 'Public Corruption'

Labaton Sucharow has moved for a federal judge reviewing its billing records to recuse himself from a securities class action settlement, citing a “serious conflict” raised by statements from the judge, which the firm said implied that the New York law firm was engaged in public corruption.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Fees Awarded to Insurers in Dispute Among Conservative Activist Schlafly's Family, Followers

But the underlying dispute between her children and followers appears far from resolution.
1 minute read

Daily Report Online

State Appeals Court Reinstates Claims That Dentons Misappropriated Trust Funds

A three-judge panel of the Georgia Court of Appeals overturned a Fulton County trial judge's dismissal of a lawsuit against Dentons that claimed the firm unjustly enriched itself by accepting more than $1.3 million in legal fees from the trusts of Atlanta industrialist and philanthropist Walter Bunzl to defend the embattled trustee against a suit by Bunzl heirs.
1 minute read

National Law Journal

Lead Plaintiff in State Street Overbilling Probe Hires Own Counsel but Stays in Case

The executive director over an Arkansas pension fund has retained outside counsel but insisted he could continue to serve as lead plaintiff in settlements…
8 minute read

Daily Report Online

Atlanta Law Firm Loses Seven-Year Fee Fight at US Supreme Court

Lamar, Archer & Cofrin was pursuing more than $104,000 in legal fees a former client had discharged in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
1 minute read

National Law Journal

Court Acts to Freeze Assets of Chesley, Ex-'Master' of Mass Torts

An appeals court has upheld an injunction freezing the assets of Stanley Chesley—once known as the "master of disaster" for his work in mass tort litigation—after concluding that the disbarred Cincinnati plaintiffs attorney is likely to continue what it called a “high-stakes shell game.”
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

Selendy & Gay Lawyers Challenge Quinn Emanuel Partnership Agreement

Selendy & Gay lawyers are contesting a "forfeiture-for-competition" provision in Quinn's partnership agreement requiring its former lawyers to forfeit 10 percent of legal fees earned from clients they took with them.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Pop Stars Pushing the Edge of Attorney Fee Law

An appeal by Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears could determine whether legal fees from PTO proceedings are recoverable in "exceptional" patent cases.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Judge in Case Over State Street Overbilling Is Considering Appointing New Class Counsel

U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf in Boston said he would address concerns by three plaintiffs firms currently serving as class counsel to State Street customers about the deadline to propose redactions to the report, which the special master filed under seal on May 14.
6 minute read

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