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Primarily news stories and digests that focus on legal fee disputes, both from a substantive perspective about how courts will interpret, but also focused on big firms and lawyers and figures embroiled in fee disputes.
By Adolfo Pesquera | January 6, 2023
The lawyer questioned an alleged "pay to plea" system that forced criminal defendants to prepay their fines and court costs before being allowed to plead guilty.
4 minute read
By Dan Packel | January 3, 2023
Kasowitz accused Glenn Agre lawyers of demanding a disproportionate share, but founder Andrew Glenn called the firm's lawsuit nothing more than a ploy for leverage.
4 minute read
By Max Mitchell | December 28, 2022
Sater had been initially suspended in October 2018 on a temporary emergency basis for allegedly misappropriating client funds.
3 minute read
By Michael A. Mora | December 16, 2022
Florida is a jurisdiction in which 80% of all U.S. property-related litigation occurs while accounting for 10% of nationwide property insurance premiums, according to Christopher Tidball, an insurance claims process expert.
4 minute read
By Jason Grant | December 16, 2022
The Appellate Division, First Department court focused on Dr. Peter Foley Rizzo's failure to "adequately plead proximate causation" as part of his malpractice counterclaim lodged against the Manhattan-based firm of Belair & Evans, which had sued the physician for allegedly unpaid legal fees.
5 minute read
By Scott Graham | December 8, 2022
Judge William Alsup awarded $5.9 million in fees against Finjan last year while criticizing the conduct of its trial counsel. But on Wednesday, Federal Circuit judges suggested Alsup might not have been specific enough in his order to justify the entire fee award.
4 minute read
By Carson Epes Steinbauer | December 7, 2022
With proper preparation, statutory authority, and sufficient evidence, you can successfully obtain an award for fees needed to represent your client and ensure that he or she is on equal footing in court.
6 minute read
By Adolfo Pesquera | December 6, 2022
Eighth District Court of Appeals Justice Gina M. Palafox authored the opinion and concluded that a statute that had never been interpreted by a court is not among the listed exceptions to the state law's mandatory fee provision.
4 minute read
By Jason Grant | December 5, 2022
Scarola Zubatov Schaffzin's Supreme Court suit based on alleged fraudulent inducement committed by former client Dynamic Credit Partners and its principal, James Finkel, will go forward after the Appellate Division, First Department ruled that "summary judgment should not have been granted to defendants."
5 minute read
By Scott Graham | December 2, 2022
The judge fired a massive salvo in his campaign to pull back the curtain on litigation funding generally and on patent monetization company IP Edge in particular.
12 minute read
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