The City of Mercer Island recently settled a $1,000,000 sex discrimination case with one of its employees, but there’s still work to do in the…
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(Volume 1, Issue 8) Following a party’s successful motion to award attorneys’ fees, a District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee assessed the legal…
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Last week, the National Law Journal reported that MGA Entertainment has agreed to discovery master Robert O’Brien’s recommendation that it be awarded $108 million in…
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A Sampling of Legal Fee News from around the country... Lawyer: Rosa Parks’ Estate was drained (Detroit Free Press – 7/21) – A filing in…
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(Volume 1, Issue 7) Earlier this year, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York applied a 20% reduction to a plaintiff’s…
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The Boston Globe recently reported that Attorney General Martha Coakley is asking regulators to investigate the more than $18 million in legal fees New England…
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Judge Rya Zobel, of the District of Massachusetts court, awarded $678,435.00 in attorney fees and expenses to a wine association after an almost five-year suit…
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When internal pressures mount to cut the legal fees, here are 5 quick unacceptable billing practices to examine legal invoices for. Block Billing: Billing time…
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(Volume 1, Issue 6) A reoccurring legal billing issue is whether an attorney may bill his or her normal hourly rate for time spent traveling…
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A Sampling of Legal Fee News from around the country... Red Flags That You Hired the Wrong Divorce Lawyer (Huffington Post – 7/12) – Laurie…
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