Attorney Fees
- With $1B fee unpaid, plaintiff lawyer who won $18B enviro case is now pro se against Chevron
May 6, 2013, 03:15 pm CDT
- Law firm’s latest bill for Madoff liquidation is $50M, bringing total since his 2008 arrest to $440M
Apr 30, 2013, 10:47 am CDT
- Plan to have Kaye Scholer give up $1.5M in fees to settle disclosure case is withdrawn
Apr 25, 2013, 10:58 am CDT
- City ordered to pay $50K in attorney fees in case over police shooting of family’s pet dog
Apr 24, 2013, 10:38 am CDT
- Kaye Scholer cedes $1.5M in Chapter 11 fees, OKs new policy to end US Trustee’s disclosure case
Apr 23, 2013, 05:02 pm CDT
- Appeals court says client must pay law firm’s fees unless there is a finding of misconduct
Apr 23, 2013, 01:40 pm CDT
- Turnaround guru calls for cap on legal fees in Chapter 11 cases
Apr 22, 2013, 02:50 pm CDT
- No cash? No problem. Lawyers take cars, Yorkies, fish bait and food as fees
Apr 22, 2013, 10:18 am CDT
- ‘Shocked’ by $3M legal fee in fatal car-crash case, judge tells lawyers to pay plaintiff lawyer $50K
Apr 17, 2013, 04:52 pm CDT
- Special prosecutor wins hard-fought $100K legal bill battle, plus ruling he won’t have to itemize
Apr 10, 2013, 12:04 pm CDT
- More lawyers charge $1,150 an hour, but ‘sticker price’ discounts hit collection rates
Apr 10, 2013, 08:46 am CDT
- Did man’s frog phobia help him win $1.6 million verdict in land-runoff case?
Apr 9, 2013, 12:30 pm CDT
- ‘Divorce from hell’ began with $5,400 monthly alimony offer, ended with $1,500 installments
Apr 8, 2013, 11:37 am CDT
- Judge nixes attorney fees for lawyer in oil spill case, says client’s signature on doc was forged
Apr 5, 2013, 12:25 pm CDT
- Animal rights groups to pay attorney fees after losing suit against Ringling Bros. producer
Apr 2, 2013, 11:46 am CDT
- Expert in legal-fee fight blasts ‘make believe’ game over cost of contract lawyers to do doc review
Apr 1, 2013, 12:38 pm CDT
- ‘Churn that bill, baby’ email highlights unfortunate billable hour system, ex-BigLaw partner says
Mar 29, 2013, 11:25 am CDT
- $838K murder defense bill in Arias case pits public right to know against attorney-client privilege
Mar 28, 2013, 04:38 pm CDT
- Baker Botts gets another $5.2M in litgation over $142M fee award in $6B bankruptcy case
Mar 28, 2013, 01:13 pm CDT
- DLA Piper: ‘Churn that bill’ email was ‘inexcusable effort at humor’
Mar 27, 2013, 05:00 pm CDT
- As trial looms for ex-DA accused in RICO enterprise case, feds make new accusations
Mar 27, 2013, 12:15 pm CDT
- Kasowitz bid for $7M success fee in ex-client’s ATM litigation is nixed by top NY court
Mar 26, 2013, 12:30 pm CDT
- Ordered to pay $67K in legal fees, lawyer calls 9th Circuit’s sanction ‘a badge of honor’
Mar 26, 2013, 10:28 am CDT
- Attorney and law firm must pay $67K in legal fees for ‘vexatious’ suit challenging airline merger
Mar 25, 2013, 12:53 pm CDT
- Famed tort lawyer Stan Chesley is disbarred for ‘unreasonable’ $20M fee in diet-drug case
Mar 21, 2013, 10:54 am CDT
- Federal judge sides with whooping cranes in water rights case
Mar 13, 2013, 03:00 pm CDT
- Sandusky matter has cost Penn State over $41M, not including possible victim settlements
Mar 12, 2013, 12:28 pm CDT
- $13M attorney fee in clergy abuse case is at center of ‘epic’ divorce fight
Mar 12, 2013, 08:15 am CDT
- Law firm billing contract lawyers at $1K hourly must reveal what they were paid, federal judge says
Mar 1, 2013, 02:05 pm CDT
- Why clients fear alternative fee arrangements
Feb 27, 2013, 09:30 am CDT
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