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Daily Business Review

Attorney and Client Ordered to Pay Opposing Counsel Over Frivolous Lawsuit

The litigation in Palm Beach County alone has cost about $4,000, with a mounting bill of about $20,000 for the Broward case.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Lewis Tein to Get $562,000 in Attorney Fees From Lawyer Bernardo Roman

Roman's client, the Miccosukee Tribe, covered the lion's share of the sanction, paying more than $2.66 million.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

$34,400 Missing From Bankruptcy Case as Attorney Vacations in Peru

“He used it as a personal piggy bank," said creditor attorney Gary Freedman. "Whenever he needed money he dipped into his trust account."
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

NFL Concussion Lawyers Pile on Seeger's $70M Fee Request

Nearly 20 attorneys and firms involved in the NFL concussion litigation are challenging a lead attorney's proposal for divying up $112 million in attorney fees, which had allocated the lion's share to his firm.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Fee Tracker: The Latest Look at Billables Throughout Big Law

A look at some of the legal bills behind notable clients in the news.
12 minute read

The American Lawyer

Your Law Firm's True Profitability Revealed

Want to know how much profit your law firm really makes?
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Attorneys Fees Back in Play on $10.5 Million Tobacco Verdict

An appeals court rules certified mail rather than an email rightfully put a settlement offer in play, defeating tobacco industry attempts to kill attorney fees on a multimillion-dollar verdict.
3 minute read

Legaltech News

Virginia Latest State to Weigh In on Online Legal Services

A recent Virginia State Bar ethics opinion finds that attorney-client matching services like Avvo Legal Services constitute improper fee splitting.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Justices Urged to Avoid Chilling Effect of Lower Court 'Loser-Pays' Ruling in Comp Case

If the state Supreme Court upholds a decision that workers' compensation lawyers can be ordered to pay the employer's attorney fees for unreasonable contest, if the employer prevails on appeal, there will be a chilling effect on smaller cases, a lawyer representing a claimant told the justices.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Lawsuit Seeks $87M in Sewer Sale Money From Scranton, Law Firms

The city of Scranton, the Borough of Dunmore in Lackawanna County and two law firms that represented them during the sale of the Scranton Sewer Authority have been sued by a property owner alleging they unlawfully raked in over $87 million from the sale.
3 minute read

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