Missing a deadline for an attorney fee request by one minute has apparently cost a Morrison & Foerster client $1 million, the Wall Street Journal Law Blog…
Updated: Music producer Phil Spector is asking for a refund of a $1 million legal fee in a lawsuit against the first lawyer he hired to defend him on murder…
Last year, Alaska officials weren’t successful when they sought $12 million from the state legislature to fund potential litigation against a former Alaska actuary.
UnitedHealth Group lawyers wants to know if a lawsuit against the company could result in legal fees for William Lerach, the securities class action lawyer who has pleaded guilty to…
Some members of the Bancroft family are questioning the $10 million bill submitted by Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz for legal work regarding the sale of Dow Jones to News…
Law practice didn’t work out for Hillard Quint, who gave up his Georgia license in 1997 to resolve a disciplinary matter. So the enterprising ex-attorney apparently found another way to…
A bankruptcy trustee is recommending that Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman be forced to return about $4 million in fees to a former client because of an undisclosed conflict of interest.
A federal judge has approved fees of $3.1 million for a lawyer who represented Holocaust victims who received a $1.25 billion settlement with Swiss banks.
A Los Angeles judge says a trial will determine whether High School Musical star Vanessa Hudgens can void her contract with a lawyer signed when she was just 16.
A federal judge has refused to approve the $30 million settlement of a securities class action in a case brought by indicted law firm Milberg Weiss, saying attorney fees of…
A committee of the Supreme Court of Texas has filed suit in state court against five lawyers and a politically connected businessman, contending that they collaborated in the unlicensed practice…
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