Ames & Gough Did The Survey. Ames & Gough, a specialty insurance broker, has issued the results of its 2017 survey on legal malpractice claims with nine leading lawyers’ professional insurers. Here are the highlights: Insurers saw claims level off in 2016, but costs of defense continue to rise—eight insurers indicate the average costs […]
June 2017 Orange County Lawyer Article Explores Structuring of Attorney’s Fees Recovery. Patrick C. Farber (a structured settlements broker), in a June 2017 Orange County Lawyer article entitled “Financial Management Strategy: Structuring Attorney’s Fees,” discusses strategies and tax implications for plaintiff’s attorneys due to receive recovery of a substantial fee recovery. It suggests
Legal Research And In-House E-Discovery Costs Hard To Recoup From Clients. Mattern & Associates LLC has released its 2016 costs recovery survey in the attorney-client arena. It shows that 75% of surveyed firms reported that clients will largely refuse to pay for legal research time, with only 25 cents on the dollar being
VW Plant, Wolfsburg, Germany. En.wikipedia. User: HighContrast. Creative Commons licnese. According to Law360, a California federal judge recently approved $167 million in fees and $8 million in costs to class counsel in the Volkswagen emissions class action, relating to the part of the case which involved 2.0 liter VW diesel cars. Stay tuned,
$125 Million Won, But $58 Million In Legal Expenses Taken Away. Aerial view of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in San Diego County, California, May 26, 2012. Author: Jelson25. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. Southern California Edison apparently commenced an International Chamber of Commerce arbitration to see if could exceed
Answer: Roast Costs $250 In A Recent California Federal Magistrate’s Ruling. Pike Place Market, cup detail on sign. Seattle, Washington. Photographer: Carol M. Highsmith. Between 1980 and 2006. Library of Congress. As reported by Law360, an attorney who spilled — or perhaps threw — a cup of iced coffee on an
Mr. Lincoln’s Inauguration. Photograph shows participants and crowd at the first inauguration of President Abraham Lincoln, at the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. Lincoln is standing under the wood canopy, at the front, midway between the left and center posts. His face is in shadow but the white shirt front is visible. (Source: Ostendorf, p.
Potato in three forms. Ann Rosener, photographer. Feb. 1943. Library of Congress. Will Idaho Losers Spudder With Fear? Our friend, appellate specialist Ben Shatz at Manatt, informs us: Betsy Z. Russell of The Spokesman-Review of Spokane, Washington has an article that begins, "The Idaho Supreme Court has launched the state’s entire court system
Any Other Result Would Retard Individuals Going Into “Corporate Service.” The Delaware Supreme Court, in Trascent Mgt. Consulting, LLC v. Bouri, Case No. 126, 2016 (Del. Supreme Ct. Nov. 28, 2016), was confronted with an LLC’s claim that it did not have to advance costs of defense to a “key man” employee in
Requested Amount Is 1.7% Of $10 Billion Settlement Fund. Recently, lead counsel for the class in the Volkswagen emissions case, an MDL case assigned to U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in the N.D. Cal., announced that class counsel will be requesting $175 million in attorney’s fees from the district court, which is about
