(Volume 3, Issue 4) In January 2013, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee reduced a fee award by approximately 20…
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A federal judge recently slashed the legal fees of a law firm that tried to charge its $200 per hour associate rate for work done…
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Several months ago Ben Swift, an attorney in the Dayton, Ohio area, made headlines as the “highest paid court-appointed attorney in the state of Ohio.”…
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Recently, a million dollar settlement between a class of service technicians and their employer, Benco Dental Supply, was approved by a federal judge. U.S District…
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As we reported at the end of 2011, the Jerry Sandusky sex scandal was supposed to cost Penn State a few million in legal fees,…
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Lehman filed for bankruptcy in September 2008, and in the five years following, has amassed about $2.2 billion in legal fees. In March 2012, Lehman…
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(Volume 3, Issue 2) In March 2013, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts made a $100,155.90 reduction to the $220,355.50 fee…
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On September 4, 2013 a federal judge ordered four Iraqis, former Abu Ghraib prisoners, to pay roughly $14,000 in legal fees to defense contractor, CACI,…
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(Volume 3, Issue 1) In May 2013, the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut reduced a fee award from $388,270.11 to $229,942.20.…
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The U.S. Department of Justice Announces New Attorney Fee Guidelines for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Cases
On June 11th 2013, the Justice Department officials announced that starting November 1st, new attorney fee guidelines for Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases will take effect.…
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