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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 Lizzy McLellan | September 27, 2017
Duane Morris has reached a settlement with a former client who claimed he was overcharged, after the law firm said it already waived hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees.
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By Jenna Greene | September 24, 2017
Just as courts over time have found that it's no longer defamatory per se to say a person was born out of wedlock or has cancer, or to incorrectly report someone's race, so too Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Gregory Keosian determined that “misidentification of a person as transgender is not actionable defamation absent special damages.”
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By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | September 22, 2017
Plaintiff's complaint seeking to recover legal fees from a contingency fee agreement to represent defendants in a dispute with their property insurer was dismissed with prejudice because a prior court had determined that plaintiff was not entitled to the legal fees since he was terminated for unlawful activity--the unauthorized practice of law and the failure to disclose his suspension to clients--and the current action asserting breach of contract, detrimental reliance, unjust enrichment and other claims against defendants and others was barred by the final judgment that foreclosed his equitable or legal rights to a contingency fee. Dismissed.
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By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | September 15, 2017
Hearing Will Decide if Client Indigent Before Retaining Lien Converted to Charging Lien
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By Lizzy McLellan | September 12, 2017
Lawyers for a Philadelphia securities litigation firm and a consulting company sparred Tuesday over who should suffer the losses when a payment arrangement between the two is deemed improper.
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By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | September 12, 2017
Andrew Raish, who formerly worked at Walne Law in Houston, sued the firm for up to $1 million, alleging he is entitled to a 25 percent fee from a lawsuit.
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By Christine Simmons | August 25, 2017
A real estate developer sued by Winston & Strawn for failing to pay legal fees contends the law firm excessively billed and failed to have the relationship partner play a meaningful role.
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By Christine Simmons | August 24, 2017
Former trusts and estates partner Charles Gibbs is continuing his claims against the firm for fees he says he is still owed.
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By Dolores Gebhardt | August 23, 2017
Dolores Gebhardt writes: For matrimonial attorneys, getting paid—rarely an easy feat—has become more difficult. An unintended consequence of the 2016 amendments to the Domestic Relations Law has rendered the common law and statutory right to a charging lien unenforceable in many matrimonial cases.
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By Jenna Greene | August 21, 2017
Litigation is rarely nice. But sometimes it's so ugly that you just have to stop and gawk. The antitrust battle between pharmaceutical manufacturing and marketing companies Procaps SA and Patheon Inc. is one of those cases.
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