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  NALP Survey Results on First Year Lawyer Compensation.      As reported by Debra Cassens Weiss in a September 20, 2012 post in the on-line version of the American Bar Association Journal, NALP (the Association for Legal Career Professionals) has published survey results of 570 U.S. law firms about the average compensation for first year […]

       As reported by Amaris Elliott-Engel in a September 21, 2012 post at Corporate Counsel, over 150 lawyers from 50 plaintiff law firms are seeking court approval of disbursing up to $143,75 million in attorney’s fees and costs based upon the “common benefit” doctrine in the federal Avandia multidistrict litigation, where 65,000 claims have

  Dispute Involved Councilwoman Claudia Alvarez; Final Bill Exceeded $25,000 Estimate.      As reported by Ron Gonzales in the September 20, 2012 edition of The Orange County Register, City of Santa Ana, in successfully defending its city clerk in a terms-limit dispute involving Councilwoman Claudia Alvarez, spent $36,545 on outside counsel. This was more than

  Stockton Bankruptcy Case Expected to Clock in at $4.9 Million in Attorney’s Fees To Attorneys Representing City in Chapter 9 Bankruptcy Case.      Scott Smith, in a September 7, 2012 post at Recordnet.com, informs us that Stockton officials expect its Chapter 9 bankruptcy to cost $4.9 million in attorney’s fees for this year, up

  D.C. Court of Appeals Affirms Lower Court $6.9 Million Judgment in Favor of Legal Outsourcing Company.      As reported by Zoe Tillman in a September 5, 2012 post at Current Affairs, litigation outsourcing company eLawForum Corp. (now called Drystone Capital Corp.) recently had a $6.9 million judgment it obtained against Unocal Corp. for breach

       As reported on September 5, 2012 by the Associated Press on ESPN, Penn State has spent almost $16.8 million for legal fees, consultants, and public relations firms hired to help deal with the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. (This amount was through June 30, 2012.) This amount broke down this way: nearly

  Recent ALM Legal Intelligency Survey So Shows.      According to an August 28, 2012 post by Debra Cassens Weiss in the online version of the ABA Journal, a recent ALM Legal Intelligence survey of 194 large law firms and 141 law departments reported that only 26% of the legal departments and 11% of the

       In our December 30, 2011 post, we reported on the Delaware Chancery Court’s award of $304 million in fees to attorneys representing Southern Cooper in the Grupo Mexico minority shareholder litigation. Well, as updated in an August 28, 2012 post on mineweb.com, the Delaware Supreme Court has affirmed the award, which may be