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Court Decisions Controlling Legal Costs Interesting Fee Cases Overbilling

October 4, 2016

Court Reduced Attorney’s Fee Award for “Description Issues”

In a recent case, a U.S. District Court reduced attorney’s fees for “blocking billing” and “vague entries.” Rock the Ocean Prod., LLC v. H1 Events,…

Kui Ma, Esq.

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Court Decisions Controlling Legal Costs Interesting Fee Cases Overbilling

August 16, 2016

Block Billing and Over-Billing Can and Will Harm Your Firm’s Attorney’s Fees

In the case of C.G. & R.G. v. Winslow Twp. Bd. of Educ., 2015 WL 7760356 (D.N.J. Dec. 2, 2015), the court found that the…

Allison Avent

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Court Decisions Controlling Legal Costs Interesting Fee Cases Overbilling

August 1, 2016

Big Cuts for Excessive Rates, Vague Entries, and Overbilling

The law firm of Kase & Druker lost over $35,000 in attorney fees for excessive attorney bill rates, lack of contemporaneous timekeeping, failure to provide…

Catherine Shirhall, Esq.

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Court Decisions Controlling Legal Costs Interesting Fee Cases Overbilling

July 18, 2016

Too Vague? No Fees and Costs Paid

In December 2015, Venture Corporation v. Barrett, 2015 WL 8588239, the plaintiff won reasonable fees and costs. However the court refused to award Venture fees…

Rebecca Ragsdale

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Court Decisions Controlling Legal Costs Interesting Fee Cases Overbilling

June 28, 2016

That Should be a Paralegal Task!

It is not uncommon to see law firms attempt to bill ordinarily paralegal tasks at attorney rates. Courts have started cracking down on this unethical…

Igor Niyazov, Esq.

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Court Decisions Controlling Legal Costs Interesting Fee Cases Overbilling Weekly Wrap-Up

May 31, 2016

Block-Billed Entries Lead to Block Cuts to Invoices

Law firms who practice block-billing are opening themselves up to the risk of having their billed fees greatly reduced. Block-billing makes it incredibly difficult for…

Matt Auer, Esq.

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Court Reduced Attorney’s Fee Award for “Description Issues”

Block Billing and Over-Billing Can and Will Harm Your Firm’s Attorney’s Fees

Big Cuts for Excessive Rates, Vague Entries, and Overbilling

Too Vague? No Fees and Costs Paid

That Should be a Paralegal Task!

Block-Billed Entries Lead to Block Cuts to Invoices

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Court Reduced Attorney’s Fee Award for “Description Issues”

Block Billing and Over-Billing Can and Will Harm Your Firm’s Attorney’s Fees

Big Cuts for Excessive Rates, Vague Entries, and Overbilling

Too Vague? No Fees and Costs Paid

That Should be a Paralegal Task!

Block-Billed Entries Lead to Block Cuts to Invoices

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