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New York Law Journal

Matter of Bowser

Use, Occupancy Awarded From Date Respondent On Notice Use Unauthorized
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Lamb McErlane Fights $4.3M Disgorgement Order

Lamb McErlane has been ordered to disgorge millions in estate fees after billing nearly $6 million to the estate of Sir John Thouron. The firm is appealing the adjudication, which said the firm breached its fiduciary duty to the estate.
14 minute read

New York Law Journal

Fees Rejected in Madoff Feeder Fund Settlement

Attorney fees are too high in the $1.34 billion final distribution agreement with Tremont Group Holdings Inc., Bernie Madoff's second-largest feeder fund that lost billions in the Ponzi scheme collapse, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit said.
12 minute read

The Recorder

In IMDb Case, Judge Calls Out State for 'Abuse of Power'

U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria wrote that the state's efforts to get information about IMDb's lobbying and amici campaigns were "harassing."
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Attorneys Blocked from Taking Client's Business in Fee Dispute

The attorneys claimed they were entitled to take a piece of their client's business under a contingent fee agreement.
11 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Judge Trims Claims by Ex-Client Against Archer & Greiner

A federal judge in Camden has tossed some claims for malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty against Archer & Greiner and two of its lawyers arising from their representation of the former general counsel of a vacation time-share company.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Justices Set to Mull Workers' Comp Fee Refunds

The state Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that some attorneys fear may have a "chilling effect" on lawyers representing injured workers.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Magistrate Judge OKs $50K in Fees for Lawyers in 'Who's on First?' Case

The lawyers who successfully defended the creators of a play that used Abbott and Costello's famous "Who's on First" gag from copyright infringement claims are one step away from a $50,000 court-ordered payday.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Judge Rules Big Trump Supporter Owes Nixon Peabody $5.7M in Fees

President Donald Trump's Illinois finance chairman and his family owe $5.7 million in unpaid legal fees to Nixon Peabody related to a 95-day trial in 2014, a Cook County Circuit Court judge ruled Wednesday.
13 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Justices to Hear Appeal in Denial of Med Mal Counsel Fees Ruling

The New Jersey Supreme Court will hear the appeal of a medical malpractice plaintiff who took the rare step of seeking counsel fees under the offer-of-judgment rule but failed to recover those fees because an appeals court ruled that the settlement agreement did not address the issue.
8 minute read

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