On Monday, December 19, 2011, the Delaware Chancery Court ordered what is believed to be the largest legal fee award in the court’s history—$285 million.…
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In response to an ethics complaint filed against Wisconsin State Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman after his 2008 election campaign, Gableman retained Michael Best &…
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As reported earlier last month, the City of Detroit argued that attorney Norman Yatooma’s request for $735,622 in legal fees was unsupported and thus should…
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Iraq war veteran Sergeant Jeffrey Sarver believed his life story had been taken, without his permission, for use in the Oscar-winning Iraq war drama The…
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In a ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Attorney Harrison Williams was awarded $1.50 for his work in representing…
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Earlier this week, the Legal Intelligencer reported that U.S. District Court Judge Terrence F. McVerry reduced attorneys’ fees and costs by more than 50% in…
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The Associated Press reported that an Iowa town has been ordered to pay $65,000 in legal fees after violating the state’s public records law. The…
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In a recent decision coming out of a United States Bankruptcy Court in Texas, the Judge addressed the reasonableness of the plaintiff’s requested legal fees.…
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After losing a patent dispute case, plaintiff Checkpoint System was ordered to pay the attorneys’ fees and costs of defendants Sensormatic Electronics Corp. and All-Tag…
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This past August, brothers Mike and Alec Sou faced trial on charges of forced labor of Thai workers recruited to work on Aloun Farms in…
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