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Sands Anderson PC

Court Slashes Attorney Fees, Slams ChatGPT

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US District Judge Engelmayer, from the Southern District of New York, put on a bit of a clinic last week when ruling on an attorney fee application in J.G. v. New York City Department of Education.  The plaintiff’s law firm...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Bankruptcy Court Provides an Object Lesson to Practitioners: Return Your Client’s Calls

Judge Jacqueline P. Cox recently found that three Illinois attorneys violated their ethical obligations by failing to return their client’s phone calls. She thus ordered the attorneys to return half of their...more

McAfee & Taft

Gavel to Gavel: Hiring a lawyer? Do it right the first time

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As a trial lawyer whose practice encompasses a broad range of complex business disputes — from business breakups and contract disputes to trust and estate litigation and lawsuits over real estate — my work is varied, as are...more

Downey Brand LLP

Why Contingency Fee Representation Is Hard to Obtain in Trust and Will Contests

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We often receive inquiries about whether we will represent parties in California trust and will contests on a contingency basis. In contingency representation, the lawyer does not collect a fee unless the client obtains a...more

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