We’re worth it: lawyers in credit card case want judge to award them $720 million [Alison Frankel, Reuters] Johnson & Johnson will fight $181 million payday for private lawyers in Arkansas Risperdal case [Legal NewsLine]
British Columbia, Canada: “Lawyer Ordered To Pay Costs Personally For ‘Shoddy Piece Of Counsel Work’” [Erik Magraken] Ontario client questions lawyer’s fee [Law Times]
Sixth Circuit: attorneys fees statute not intended to cover dry cleaning and mini-blinds [Legal Ethics Forum]
Indiana lawmaker goes back to drawing board on loser-pays bill [Indiana Law Blog]
‘Shocked’ by $3M legal fee in fatal car-crash case, judge tells lawyers to pay plaintiff lawyer $50K [ABA Journal]
Seth Katsuya Endo, “Should Evidence of Settlement Negotiations Affect Attorneys’ Fees Awards?” [SSRN via Legal Ethics Forum]
In Israel, more of a discretionary loser-pays arrangement [Eisenberg et al, SSRN via @tedfrank]
British cabbie beats ticket, recovers only some of his legal costs. Still better than he’d do here, right? [Daily Mail]
Turnaround guru Wilbur Ross: current structure of bankruptcy fees encourages lawyer “hyperactivity” [Reuters]

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The lawyer ordered to pay costs in the British Columbia service-by-fax case is not a novice or marginal lawyer. “Q.C.” stands for “Queen’s Counsel”, an elite status awarded by the Attorney General. It’s surprising that a Q.C. would screw up in such a way.
- April 23, 2013 5:11 PM
- By Bill Poser
Shocked’ by $3M legal fee in fatal car-crash case, judge tells lawyers to pay plaintiff lawyer $50K

Now, raise your hand if you read this and assumed the plaintiff’s lawyer had sought a $3 million fee and got 50k instead?
- April 24, 2013 1:09 PM
- By Ron Miller