Litigation matter budgets can be a concern when hiring a law firm to perform any number of services. Communication between the client and the law…
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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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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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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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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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The District Court of Massachusetts recently cut an attorneys’ fee request by 83%. In Joyce v. Town of Dennis, 2011 WL 2632148 (D.Mass.) , the…
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The Courier-Journal of Louisville, Kentucky has uncovered a massive legal overbilling scandal stretching back to 2006. Larry Zielke, originally with Pedley, Zielke, Gordinier & Pence…
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July 11, 2011 - "In our experience, if such costs aren’t managed properly, they can inflate to anywhere between 20 and 40 percent over what…
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