Case Studies

(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…

(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…

(Volume 1, Issue 5) A United States District Judge recently reduced a fee request by over $973,000. The plaintiffs’ attorneys requested fees for expending approximately…

(Volume 1, Issue 4) The prevailing party in a constitutional claim is entitled to compensation of his attorneys’ fees and costs so long as he…

(Volume 1, Issue 2) A federal district court in Oregon was presented with the issue of whether an attorney’s practice of billing in quarter-hour increments…