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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 Samantha Joseph | February 27, 2018
The firm says there's widespread ignorance about a rule that allows it to write, but not sign, documents prepared for litigants representing themselves in court.
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By Lizzy McLellan | February 26, 2018
A federal judge said the claim originated before the policy began, when the estate beneficiaries alleged excessive fees in a letter to the court.
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By Matthew T. McLaughlin | February 22, 2018
Matthew T. McLaughlin writes: For nearly three years, the legislature and the governor have wrestled with changes to the Freedom of Information Law in efforts make an award of attorney fees mandatory when the agency unreasonably refuses to produce documents. That day has arrived, and government transparency reformers are smiling.
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By Robert Storace | February 22, 2018
A federal judge has granted preliminary approval of a class action settlement against Viridian Energy. The settlement is worth $18.5 million.
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By Cogan Schneier | February 21, 2018
"A suit attacking such insignificant harms does not warrant [$1.7 million] in compensation to class counsel," the DOJ contends.
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By Samantha Joseph | February 14, 2018
“Whenever you're dealing with attorney fees, it's a very sensitive issue," attorney Roy Oppenheim said. "The court should have known that they were going to create a ruckus and a firestorm."
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By Samantha Joseph | February 13, 2018
"If courts think they're going to suck the oxygen out of the room, they're wrong," foreclosure defense attorney Roy Oppenheim said.
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By Samantha Joseph | February 12, 2018
Foreclosure defendants can't have it both ways when a lender loses a foreclosure lawsuit for lack of standing.
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By Amanda Bronstad | February 1, 2018
"I'm deeply disappointed," U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh told lead plaintiffs attorney Eve Cervantez at a hearing on Thursday in San Jose.
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By David Gialanella | February 1, 2018
Costello & Mains, seeking a 45 percent contingency fee in a student discrimination case, has twice failed in convincing a court that actions based on statute are not subject to contingency limits set out by court rule.
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