Fees & Judicial Discretion Archives - National Association of Legal Fee Analysis (NALFA)

Category: Fees & Judicial Discretion

New Florida Ruling for Attorneys Serving as Their Own Fee Expert

March 22, 2024

Expenses / Costs

Fee Entitlement / Recoverability

Fee Expert / Member

Fee Issues on Appeal

Fee Jurisprudence

Fees & Judicial Discretion

Fees for Fees / Fees on Fees

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Tesla Investors Weigh in on $5B Alternative Fee Proposal

March 13, 2024

Alternative Fees

Ethics & Professional Responsibility

Fee Award Factors

Fee Jurisprudence

Fee Proposal / Bid

Fees & Judicial Discretion

Practice Area: Class Action / Mass Tort / MDL

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Chancery Court: No More Fee Windfalls for Easy Cases

February 28, 2024

Fee Award Factors

Fee Jurisprudence

Fees & Judicial Discretion

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Federal Circuit: More Fees Even With ‘Exceptional’ Ruling is ‘Nightmare’

February 16, 2024

Exceptional Case

Expenses / Costs

Fee Entitlement / Recoverability

Fee Issues on Appeal

Fee Jurisprudence

Fees & Judicial Discretion

Practice Area: IP Litigation

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Attorney Keeps $1.15M Fee Award Despite Tossing Billing Record

February 9, 2024

Attorney-Client Relationship

Billing Practices

Billing Record / Entries

Ethics & Professional Responsibility

Fee Dispute Litigation / ADR

Fee Issues on Appeal

Fee Jurisprudence

Fees & Judicial Discretion

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Insurer Ordered to Pay Casino’s ‘Fees for Fees’

January 30, 2024

Fee Entitlement / Recoverability

Fees & Judicial Discretion

Fees for Fees / Fees on Fees

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Why Federal Circuit Affirmed Patent Attorney Fee Award

January 2, 2024

Exceptional Case

Expenses / Costs

Fee Award Factors

Fee Doctrine / Fee Theory

Fee Entitlement / Recoverability

Fee Issues on Appeal

Fee Jurisprudence

Fees & Judicial Discretion

Fees & Litigation Tactics

Fees as Sanctions

Practice Area: IP Litigation

Prevailing Party Issues

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Alleged ‘Patent Troll’ Wants SCOTUS to Hear Fee Award Dispute

November 30, 2023

Exceptional Case

Fee Entitlement / Recoverability

Fee Issues on Appeal

Fees & Bad Faith

Fees & Judicial Discretion

Fees & Misconduct

Practice Area: IP Litigation

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Judge: Vague Billing Justifies 10 Percent Cut in Attorney Fees

November 29, 2023

Billing Judgment

Billing Practices

Billing Record / Entries

Expenses / Costs

Fee Jurisprudence

Fee Recommendation

Fees & Judicial Discretion

Legal Bill Review (External)

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Judge: $1700 Hourly Rate for the Richmond, VA Market is Unrealistic

November 24, 2023

Billing Practices

Expenses / Costs

Fee / Rate Economics

Fee Award Factors

Fee Entitlement / Recoverability

Fee Jurisprudence

Fees & Judicial Discretion

Interest on Fees

Settlement Data / Terms

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Deep Attorney Fee Cuts, Judge Citing Billing Deficiencies

November 21, 2023

Billing Practices

Billing Record / Entries

Expenses / Costs

Fee Entitlement / Recoverability

Fee Jurisprudence

Fees & Bad Faith

Fees & Judicial Discretion

Fees as Sanctions

Practice Area: IP Litigation

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Ninth Circuit: DOL Doesn’t Owe Attorney Fees

November 16, 2023

Expenses / Costs

Fee Entitlement / Recoverability

Fee Issues on Appeal

Fee Jurisprudence

Fees & Judicial Discretion

Fees Paid by Gov't / Taxpayers

Trial / Jury / Verdict

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Third Circuit Clarifies When District Courts Can Award Fees on Remand

October 30, 2023

Expenses / Costs

Fee Doctrine / Fee Theory

Fee Entitlement / Recoverability

Fee Issues on Appeal

Fee Jurisprudence

Fees & Judicial Discretion

Fees in Statutes

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Appeals Court Backs Attorney Fees for New Jersey AG

October 12, 2023

Contingency Fees / POF

Expenses / Costs

Fee Award Factors

Fee Entitlement / Recoverability

Fee Issues on Appeal

Fee Jurisprudence

Fees & Judicial Discretion

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Feds Question $23M Fee Request in PACER Overcharge Case

September 12, 2023

Contingency Fees / POF

Expenses / Costs

Fee / Rate Economics

Fee Data / Fee Analytics

Fees & Common Fund

Fees & Judicial Discretion

Practice Area: Class Action / Mass Tort / MDL

Settlement Data / Terms

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Seventh Circuit Scraps $57M Fee Award in Antitrust Case

August 30, 2023

Class Fee Objector

Contingency Fees / POF

Fee / Rate Economics

Fee Award Factors

Fee Benchmark / Standard

Fee Issues on Appeal

Fee Jurisprudence

Fee Proposal / Bid

Fees & Judicial Discretion

Fees by Tiers / Scale

Litigation Economics

Practice Area: Class Action / Mass Tort / MDL

Settlement Data / Terms

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Ninth Circuit Affirms Fee Reduction in Class Settlement

August 15, 2023

Contingency Fees / POF

Fee Award Factors

Fee Calculation Method

Fee Issues on Appeal

Fee Jurisprudence

Fees & Claims Rate

Fees & Judicial Discretion

Practice Area: Class Action / Mass Tort / MDL

Settlement Data / Terms

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New Billing Rate Matrix Adopted to Set Fees in DC Litigation

August 14, 2023

Fee Award Factors

Fee Calculation Method

Fee Data / Fee Analytics

Fees & Judicial Discretion

Practice Area: Civil Rights / Public Interest

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Law Firm Denied Partner Billing Rates in Litigation

August 11, 2023

Expenses / Costs

Fee Data / Fee Analytics

Fee Entitlement / Recoverability

Fee Jurisprudence

Fees & Judicial Discretion

Prevailing Party Issues

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Judge Mulls $77M in Fees in $255M Juul MDL Settlement

August 9, 2023

Billing Record / Entries

Class Fee Objector

Contingency Fees / POF

Expenses / Costs

Fee Award Factors

Fees & Judicial Discretion

Practice Area: Class Action / Mass Tort / MDL

Settlement Data / Terms

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