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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.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Bierman, v. Melandro

Wife's Attorney Awarded Legal Fees Against Husband Under Doctrine of Necessaries
3 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Skadden Loses a Tax Dispute, and Jenner Wins Fee Fight

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday delivered multimillion-dollar good news and bad news to two major law firms. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom lost its challenge to a tax refund in Michigan. Jenner & Block prevailed in a fee dispute that involved a former client. Here's a snapshot of the two cases.
28 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Skadden Loses a Tax Dispute, and Jenner Wins Fee Fight

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday delivered multimillion-dollar good news and bad news to two major law firms. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom lost its challenge to a tax refund in Michigan. Jenner & Block prevailed in a fee dispute that involved a former client. Here's a snapshot of the two cases.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Fee-Shifting Effect of Choice-of-Law Clauses

Robert Sills and Igor Margulyan of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe write: It may not be widely known that a choice-of-law clause could make the party that loses the litigation liable for the attorney fees of the winning side, in contrast to the usual rule in the United States that the prevailing party cannot recover its attorney fees unless the contract has an express fee-shifting provision or a statute applies that permits such recovery. Unlike the United States, most Western legal systems follow the "English Rule," which requires the losing party to pay the prevailing party's reasonable attorney fees.
22 minute read

The American Lawyer

Allen & Overy Sues Project Finance Client as Fee Suits Pile Up

Allen & Overy is suing a former client for $343,448 arising out of its work for the development and financing of a solar power facility in Panama.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Allen & Overy Sues Project Finance Client as Fee Suits Pile Up

Allen & Overy is suing a former client for $343,448 arising out of its work for the development and financing of a solar power facility in Panama.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Lawyers for Russian Treasury Fraud Victims Seek to Claw Back $1.4M in Lawyer Fees

Lawyers for an investment advisory firm that fell victim to a scheme to defraud $230 million from the Russian treasury want Baker & Hostetler, which represented a real estate firm that was accused of taking part in the scheme, to cough up $1.4 million in attorney fees.
22 minute read

New York Law Journal

Lawyers for Russian Treasury Fraud Victims Seek to Claw Back $1.4M in Lawyer Fees

Lawyers for an investment advisory firm that fell victim to a scheme to defraud $230 million from the Russian treasury want Baker & Hostetler, which represented a real estate firm that was accused of taking part in the scheme, to cough up $1.4 million in attorney fees.
22 minute read

New York Law Journal

Competitive Enter. Inst. v. Attorney Gen. of N.Y.

AG Had Ability to Control Costs, 'Stonewalled' In FOIL Proceeding; CEI Awarded Attorney Fees
3 minute read

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