Diamonds are forever … and so are fee fights? OK, maybe not. But more than three years after a federal judge in Minneapolis approved a $42 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit brought by a group of retired professional ...

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Attorney’s Fees Time Entries – Failure to Object United States ex rel. Keshner v. Nursing Personnel Home Care, et al. 14-251-cv Judges Jacobs, Pooler and Hall Background: The defendants appealed from the ...

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Appellate Division, Fourth Department – Attorney’s Fees – Contingency Fee – Disproportionate Amount   Hogan Willig v. Hendel CA 14-00022 Appealed from Supreme Court, Erie County   Background: The petitioner law firm commenced a proceeding seeking to enforce a charging ...

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Appellate Division, Fourth Department – Attorney’s Fees – Contingency Fee – Disproportionate Amount   Hogan Willig v. Hendel CA 14-00022 Appealed from Supreme Court, Erie County   Background: The petitioner law firm commenced a proceeding seeking to enforce a charging ...

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New York State Court of Appeals – Attorney’s Fees – Contingent Fees – Unconscionable – Continuous Representation   Lawrence, et al.  v. Miller, et al. No. 149 Judge Read   Background: The defendant represented the decedent’s wife and three children in ...

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit – Attorney’s Fees – Contemporaneous Time Records   Mishkin v. Lopalo, et al. 13-2699-cv Judges Walker, Pooler and Wesley   Background: The appellant law office appealed from the denial of attorneys’ fees for ...

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Attorney’s Fees Contemporaneous Time Records Mishkin v. Lopalo, et al. 13-2699-cv Judges Walker, Pooler, and Wesley Background: The appellant law office appealed from the denial of attorneys’ fees for services performed as ...

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Attorney’s Fees Frivolous Claims Carter v. Incorporated Village of Ocean Beach 13-815-cv Judges Jacobs, Calabresi and Livingston Background: The plaintiffs are seasonal and part-time police officers and commenced wrongful termination claims. The ...

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Attorney’s Fees Forum Shopping — Lack of Jurisdiction Castillo Grand LLC v. Sheraton Operating Corporation 11-2457-cv Judges Newman, Winter and Raggi Background: The plaintiff appealed from an award of $200,000 in attorney’s fees and ...

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U.S. District Court, WDNY Attorney’s Fees Fee Shifting Contract Provisions — RICO Claims Ozbakir, et al. v. Scotti, et al. 09-cv-6460L Judge Larimer Background: The plaintiffs had commenced an action alleging various claims arising out of the sale of commercial ...

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court says a South Carolina sheriff’s office can be held liable for attorneys’ fees for stopping abortion protesters in South Carolina who wanted to hold up signs showing aborted fetuses. Justices on Monday reversed a ...

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NYSBA Committee on Professional Ethics Attorney’s Fees Securities as a Legal Fee Opinion 913 Background: The inquiring attorney asked whether a lawyer may accept as compensation for legal services a hybrid fee combining a reduction in the lawyer’s customary hourly ...

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