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The American Lawyer

Ex-Grant & Eisenhofer Lawyer Blasts Claims He Stole Whistleblower Client

Reuben Guttman is seeking dismissal or summary judgment, saying the lawsuit merely rehashes old claims and is an attempt to sully his reputation.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Non-Partner Fee Disputes, Liability for Hep C Outbreaks Highlight Argument Session

During the oral argument session that is set to begin Tuesday the state Supreme Court is set to wade into muddy waters over quantum meruit claims for non-partner lawyers, and hear arguments on an issue that some say could have a chilling effect on the workers' compensation bar.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Seeger Weiss Asks for $70M in Fees as Co-Lead NFL Concussion Class Counsel

Chris Seeger, one of the lawyers leading class counsel in the settlement has made a $70 million fee request on behalf of his firm, Seeger Weiss, which he outlined Tuesday in a 22-page declaration to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Connecticut Hospitals Sue Anthem Over New Reimbursement Arrangement

After it turned down a three-year contract agreement with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Hartford HealthCare Corporation alleges Anthem retaliated by refusing to pay HHC directly for emergency care. Instead, the new policy calls on patients to get reimbursed and then make arrangements to pay HHC.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Matter of Waly

Attorney Awarded Fees for Services to Trust Beneficiaries to Be Paid From Trust's Funds
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Mootness Attorney Fee Awards: Will New York Prove Less Friendly Than Delaware?

David F. Wertheimer and Justin S. Brenner write: Over the past few years, there has been a marked trend of corporate governance litigation involving Delaware corporations being filed outside of Delaware's Court of Chancery. New York is seeing its share of that exodus. Whether that share expands may depend, at least partly, on whether New York law on the award of mootness fees evolves to be more or less favorable than Delaware law.
9 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Dilworth Paxson, Saul Ewing in Limbo Over $134K Fee Award

Philadelphia-based Dilworth Paxson has resorted to litigation to finally settle the fate of nearly $150,000 in escrowed attorney fees in a case that dates back to the mid-1990s.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Duane Morris Ends $680K Litigation Budget Battle With Ex-Client

Duane Morris has reached a settlement with a former client who claimed he was overcharged, after the law firm said it already waived hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees.
2 minute read

Litigation Daily

Legal Fee Shocker: Richard Simmons Must Pay Tabloid That Wrongly Reported He's Transgender

Just as courts over time have found that it's no longer defamatory per se to say a person was born out of wedlock or has cancer, or to incorrectly report someone's race, so too Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Gregory Keosian determined that “misidentification of a person as transgender is not actionable defamation absent special damages.”
11 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The Law Offices of Joseph Q. Mirarchi Legal Serv., P.C. v. Thorpe, PICS Case No. 17-1413 (E.D. Pa. Aug. 29, 2017) Beetlestone, J. (17 pages).

Plaintiff's complaint seeking to recover legal fees from a contingency fee agreement to represent defendants in a dispute with their property insurer was dismissed with prejudice because a prior court had determined that plaintiff was not entitled to the legal fees since he was terminated for unlawful activity--the unauthorized practice of law and the failure to disclose his suspension to clients--and the current action asserting breach of contract, detrimental reliance, unjust enrichment and other claims against defendants and others was barred by the final judgment that foreclosed his equitable or legal rights to a contingency fee. Dismissed.
3 minute read

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