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1-160 out of 160 article(s)
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| Attorney advertising and the contingency fee cost paradox. |
Engstrom, Nora Freeman |
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Apr 1, 2013 |
25172 |
| Attorney advertising and the contingency fee cost paradox. |
Engstrom, Nora Freeman |
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Apr 1, 2013 |
7831 |
| Trial court did not abuse discretion by awarding attorney fees for three separate appraisal orders that resulted from single appeal. |
Weinberger, Alan M. |
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Jan 1, 2013 |
470 |
| Qui tam award held taxable. |
Rider, Gary D.; Pulliam, Darlene |
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Jan 1, 2012 |
625 |
| Unhappy SLAPPers: more muscle for the Citizen Participation Act: the Illinois Supreme Court held that the act immunized a defamation defendant's statements to a reporter about a developer. |
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Dec 1, 2010 |
913 |
| 'Prevailing Party' not a requirement: The Supreme Court eases the way to collecting attorney's fees in Erisa claims. |
Darras, Frank N. |
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Nov 1, 2010 |
533 |
| Getting fees from the other side in divorce: the IMDMA lets one party get attorney fees from the other in some cases. But don't overplay your hand. |
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Sep 1, 2010 |
793 |
| Real estate lawyers: beware short-sale fee agreements: a proposed fee arrangement presented to a lawyer by a short sale negotiator raises red flags for a veteran real estate practitioner. |
Gunnarsson, Helen W. |
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Aug 1, 2010 |
845 |
| Now how much would you pay? Avoiding involuntary pro bono: lawyers tend to be uneasy with the business side of practice, but there's nothing unprofessional about getting paid. Here's how to increase the odds that you will. |
Erger, Karen |
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Aug 1, 2010 |
1509 |
| Attorneys' fees should have been upheld, U.S. Supreme Court concludes. |
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Brief article |
Jul 1, 2010 |
135 |
| The IRS will absolutely, positively not pay your attorneys' fees (or will they?). |
Bonnette, Harris L., Jr. |
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May 1, 2010 |
4444 |
| Fraud's final frontier: Iowa's battle over becoming the final state to allow private consumer fraud actions. |
Sand, Rob |
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Mar 22, 2010 |
12024 |
| Bar lauded for its legal advocacy: members also worry about over-saturation of lawyers and balancing work and family. |
Killian, Mark D. |
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Jan 15, 2010 |
1476 |
| Who knows if public defenders' clients are indigent or not? |
Pudlow, Jan |
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Jan 15, 2010 |
1191 |
| New statute clarifies family law attorney-fee provisions: a new law drafted by ISBA's Family Law Section Council should bring some order to Illinois's confusing, inconsistent scheme for awarding attorney fees in family law cases. |
Gunnarsson, Helen W. |
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Oct 1, 2009 |
807 |
| Ninth Circuit awards litigation costs paid by third party. |
Beavers, James |
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Aug 1, 2009 |
1140 |
| Empowerment through restraint: reverse preemption or hybrid lawmaking? |
Little, Laura E. |
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Jun 22, 2009 |
20516 |
| There's no day like today to pay your ARDC registration fee; the cost of bringing yourself into compliance goes up the longer you wait. |
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Feb 1, 2009 |
940 |
| Defending politicians, getting paid: how do lawyers in the land of Lincoln (and Ryan and Blagojevich) make sure they get paid when defending politicians charged with corruption? |
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Feb 1, 2009 |
1041 |
| A new look at judicial impact: attorneys' fees in securities class actions after Goldberger v. Integrated Resources, Inc. |
Eisenberg, Theodore; Miller, Geoffrey P.; Perino, Michael A. |
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Jan 1, 2009 |
11323 |
| 1099s for deadbeat clients? A law-office management expert puts forth the option of sending a nonpaying client a 1099 for the value of your services. Is it really OK to do so? |
Gunnarsson, Helen W. |
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Jan 1, 2009 |
975 |
| Shooing the vultures away from the consumer bankruptcy carcass: attorney fees owed by debtors for marital dissolution are not domestic support obligations. |
Davis, Christopher V. |
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Jan 1, 2009 |
13938 |
| The 2008 amendments to the APA: the Open Government Act. |
Sellers, Lawrence E. |
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Dec 1, 2008 |
4663 |
| When plaintiffs in class actions pay tax on attorneys' fees. |
Wood, Robert W. |
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Nov 1, 2008 |
2281 |
| What's a POA agent worth? Agents are entitled to reasonable compensation. But what's reasonable? |
Gunnarsson, Helen W. |
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Aug 1, 2008 |
1015 |
| The perilous world of POA agents: they're responsible for tedious recordkeeping and, in some cases, prodigious uncompensated labor. They risk getting caught in family crossfire, even being sued. Who would want this thankless job? And can you make a well-meaning agent's work easier? |
Gunnarsson, Helen W. |
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Aug 1, 2008 |
3541 |
| Consider the possibilities of a structured fee. |
Wood, Robert W. |
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May 1, 2008 |
337 |
| Fee management tips. |
Mendlowitz, Edward |
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Apr 1, 2008 |
636 |
| What price frivolity? Section 57.105 comes to the APA. |
Rimes, John |
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Jan 1, 2008 |
4066 |
| Reflections on free exercise: revisiting Rourke v. Department of Correctional Services. |
Simson, Gary J. |
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Sep 22, 2007 |
4289 |
| Nonrefundable fees must be confirmed by written agreement. |
Blankenship, Gary |
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Sep 1, 2007 |
594 |
| Initial consultations - satisfaction or your money back? Should lawyers provide free consultations to prospective clients? Discounts to new clients? Refunds of a consult fee to clients who ask for one? ISBA lawyers offer their opinions. |
Gunnarsson, Helen W. |
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Aug 1, 2007 |
941 |
| The Illinois Supreme Court OKs advance payment retainers: the court last month approved lawyers' use of the advance payment retainer, cautioning that more familiar retainer agreements will be the preferred option in most cases. |
Gunnarsson, Helen W. |
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Jun 1, 2007 |
1088 |
| It's official - you can't collect fees for collecting your own fees; as a matter of public policy, "[l]awyers representing themselves simply do not incur legal fees," the third district ruled recently. |
Gunnarsson, Helen W. |
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Jun 1, 2007 |
747 |
| The trouble with hourly billing: does the tradition of billing by the hour push lawyers to pad bills and thus engage in the kind of "dishonest[]" behavior forbidden by the Illinois Rules of Professional Conduct? |
Gunnarsson, Helen W. |
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Jun 1, 2007 |
890 |
| Fee statements are on the way; members may pay their fees online at floridabar.org. |
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Jun 1, 2007 |
384 |
| Two new issues in post-BACPA 13 cases. |
Baer, Charles |
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Apr 1, 2007 |
2240 |
| Texas court requires new look at fees when damages are reduced. |
Sileo, Carmel |
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Mar 1, 2007 |
674 |
| Extra fees for extra effort - a win in the appellate court: the appellate court reversed the trial court's rejection of a plaintiff's firm's argument that its extraordinary effort justified fees that exceeded the statutory med-mal limit. |
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Feb 1, 2007 |
1460 |
| Federal court sanctions against attorneys under 28 U.S.C. section 1927: the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals attempts to divide the standard for multiplying the proceedings in bad faith. |
Waldman, Glenn J. |
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Jan 1, 2007 |
5018 |
| Florida high court says med-mal fee limits impede right to counsel. |
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Dec 1, 2006 |
760 |
| Gallagher v. Manatee County: the sovereign immunity cap for FCRA claims includes attorneys' fees and costs. |
Schwartz, Darren A. |
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May 1, 2006 |
1811 |
| The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005. |
Kolinski, John T. |
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Apr 1, 2006 |
7375 |
| Winners and losers. |
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Brief Article |
Feb 13, 2006 |
238 |
| Beyond statute, rule, and contract: equity as a basis for awarding attorneys' fees. |
Karatinos, Theodore E.; Umsted, Hugh C. |
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Feb 1, 2006 |
1998 |
| Moving for attorneys' fees and costs: do it right and do it on time. |
James, Jeffrey M. |
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Jan 1, 2006 |
3976 |
| Attorney's fees. |
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Brief Article |
Dec 19, 2005 |
200 |
| Georgia court declares tort 'reform' provision unconstitutional. |
Ertel, Karen |
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Dec 1, 2005 |
654 |
| Misassigning income: the Supreme Court and attorneys' fees. |
Cohen, Stephen B. |
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Sep 22, 2005 |
13947 |
| Awarding damages under the United Nations Convention on the International Sale of Goods: a matter of interpretation. |
Gotanda, John Y. |
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Sep 22, 2005 |
20996 |
| Proposed Florida rule would prevent trial lawyers from taking cases. |
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Sep 1, 2005 |
373 |
| Connecticut passes medical malpractice legislation. |
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Sep 1, 2005 |
311 |
| Tax relief for employment plaintiffs: it used to be that winning a job discrimination case was actually a losing proposition for many plaintiffs after factoring in the income tax costs. Recent changes in the law may help some clients. |
O'Daniel, Patrick L. |
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Aug 1, 2005 |
3035 |
| Civil lawyers must investigate sources of fees, Fifth Circuit rules. |
Ertel, Karen |
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Aug 1, 2005 |
777 |
| Supreme Court agrees with IRS on contingent attorney fee cases. |
O'Leary, D. Michael |
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Jun 1, 2005 |
2000 |
| Interpreting rule 68 to conform with the Rules Enabling Act. |
Barbero, Megan |
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May 1, 2005 |
19016 |
| On the Web www.shrm.org/hrnews. |
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Brief Article |
Mar 1, 2005 |
264 |
| Significant individual provisions of the AJCA. |
Nissenbaum, Martin |
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Feb 1, 2005 |
3135 |
| Prevailing New York civil rights plaintiffs get fees - with a caveat. |
Jablow, Valerie |
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Feb 1, 2005 |
682 |
| Hightower v. Nassau County Sheriff's Dept. |
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Brief Article |
Feb 1, 2005 |
158 |
| Dispute rates and contingency fees: an analysis from the signaling model. |
Pecorino, Paul |
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Jan 1, 2005 |
8963 |
| Washington's attorneys' lien law. |
Wood, Robert W. |
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Dec 1, 2004 |
389 |
| Lynch v. Leis. |
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Brief Article |
Nov 1, 2004 |
123 |
| Collecting attorney fees from the IRS. |
Schnee, Edward J. |
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Oct 1, 2004 |
626 |
| High court to review taxes on attorney fees. |
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Jul 1, 2004 |
452 |
| Entitlement to attorneys' fees under FDUTPA. |
Federbush, David J. |
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Jan 1, 2004 |
4242 |
| Information reporting for payments to attorneys. |
Koppel, Michael D. |
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Dec 1, 2003 |
1407 |
| Maximizing your legal budget. |
August, Gary K. |
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Nov 1, 2003 |
569 |
| 5 steps to ensure you're not overpaying. |
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Brief Article |
Nov 1, 2003 |
103 |
| Jackson v. State Bd. of Pardons and Paroles. |
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Brief Article |
Nov 1, 2003 |
137 |
| Shareholder legal fees. |
Schnee, Edward J. |
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Apr 1, 2003 |
612 |
| Contingency fees paid directly to attorney are excludible. |
Driscoll, David |
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Apr 1, 2003 |
875 |
| Carruthers v. Jenne. |
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Brief Article |
Feb 1, 2003 |
124 |
| Hill v. McKinley. |
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Brief Article |
Feb 1, 2003 |
245 |
| Is expert testimony really needed in attorneys' fees litigation? Island Hoppers' call for change and other ways to reduce the burdens of fees hearings. |
Hauser, Robert J.; Kramer, Raymond E., III; Leonard, Patricia A. |
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Jan 1, 2003 |
4456 |
| Attorney fee agreement falters without client signature. |
Jurand, Sara Hoffman |
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Jan 1, 2003 |
651 |
| Reporting of gross-proceeds payments to attorneys. |
Halloran, John W. |
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Nov 1, 2002 |
1089 |
| Attorney fees. |
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Nov 1, 2002 |
829 |
| Johnson v. Breeden. |
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Brief Article |
May 1, 2002 |
161 |
| Attorneys' fees on appeal: basic rules and new requirements. |
Gunn, Tracy Raffles |
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Apr 1, 2002 |
5205 |
| If you gag the lawyers, do you choke the courts? Some implications for judges when funding restrictions curb advocacy by lawyers on behalf of the poor. |
Abel, Laura K.; Udell, David S. |
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Feb 1, 2002 |
16384 |
| Attorney fess. |
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Brief Article |
Feb 1, 2002 |
276 |
| Contingent attorney fee is income to client. |
Smith, Darlene Pulliam |
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Feb 1, 2002 |
750 |
| Task force criticizes auctions in class action cases. |
Scarlett, Thomas |
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Feb 1, 2002 |
505 |
| A primer on motions to withdraw and attorney liens. |
Reineke, Beth Gilmore |
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Jan 1, 2002 |
3287 |
| The recovery of attorneys' fees and costs for the unsuccessful offer of a will for probate: counsel must give close attention to the substantive and procedural aspects of the statute in order to obtain an award of attorneys' fees and costs from the estate. |
Wallace, Douglas A. |
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Jan 1, 2002 |
4418 |
| Attorney fees belong to attorneys, California court rules. |
Porter, Rebecca |
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Nov 1, 2001 |
762 |
| Contingent fees for expert witnesses in eminent domain: competency or credibility? |
Brown, Henry M. |
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Oct 1, 2001 |
4490 |
| Allstate facing new lawsuit over attorney Internet bids. |
Magnuson, Carolyn |
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Sep 1, 2001 |
477 |
| Contingency fees revisited. |
Schnee, Edward J. |
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Sep 1, 2001 |
520 |
| Proper characterization of deductible legal fees. |
Bakale, Anthony |
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Aug 1, 2001 |
1529 |
| Costs incurred on behalf of clients. |
Zarzar, Robert |
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Jul 1, 2001 |
1012 |
| Supreme Court Ruling Limits Cost Shifting Attorneys' Fees for Plaintiffs. |
Otero, Juan |
Brief Article |
Jun 4, 2001 |
978 |
| Contingent attorneys' fees. |
Packard, Pamela |
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May 1, 2001 |
357 |
| Proposals for settlement: minding your p's and q's under rule 1.442. |
Littky-Rubin, Julie H. |
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Feb 1, 2001 |
5094 |
| U.S. Appeals Court: PLRA-Prison Litigation Reform Act Limitation. |
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Feb 1, 2001 |
116 |
| U.S. District Court: LIMITATIONS PLRA-Prison Litigation Reform Act. |
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Feb 1, 2001 |
135 |
| Attorneys' contingent fees. |
Koppel, Michael D. |
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Dec 1, 2000 |
1249 |
| U.S. Appeals Court: PLRA-Prison Litigation Reform Act. |
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Brief Article |
Nov 1, 2000 |
165 |
| U.S. District Court: PLRA-Prison Litigation Reform Act. |
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Brief Article |
Nov 1, 2000 |
167 |
| U.S. Appeals Court: PRETRIAL DETENTION SEPARATION. |
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Brief Article |
Nov 1, 2000 |
155 |
| Circuits split on whether plaintiffs must pay tax on fees paid to lawyers. |
Hellwege, Jean |
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Oct 1, 2000 |
1025 |
| Sole shareholder's legal expenses. |
Laffie, Lesli S. |
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Oct 1, 2000 |
342 |
| Contingent attorneys' fees. |
Moore, Philip E. |
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Oct 1, 2000 |
711 |
| The lawyer's license to discriminate revoked: how a dentist put teeth in New York's anti-discrimination disciplinary rule. |
Begg, Robert T. |
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Sep 22, 2000 |
37540 |
| KANSAS SUPREME COURT HOLDS THAT VICTORIOUS POLICYHOLDERS MAY OBTAIN COUNSEL FEES INCURRED, DEMONSTRATING RIGHT TO COUNSEL FEES EXPENDED IN PROSECUTING UNDERLYING COVERAGE CLAIM. |
Stempel, Jeffrey W. |
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Sep 1, 2000 |
969 |
| U.S. District Court: PLRA-Prison Litigation Reform Act, CONSENT DECREE-DETERMINATION. |
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Brief Article |
Aug 1, 2000 |
127 |
| U.S. District Court: LIMITATION PLEA-Prison Litigation Reform Act. |
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Brief Article |
Aug 1, 2000 |
187 |
| U.S. District Court: ATTORNEY FEESU.S. |
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Brief Article |
Aug 1, 2000 |
125 |
| U.S. District Court: DAMAGES, PLRA-Prison Litigation Reform Act. |
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Brief Article |
Aug 1, 2000 |
187 |
| Contingent attorney fees included in taxpayer's income. |
Bakale, Anthony |
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Aug 1, 2000 |
1313 |
| Contingent attorney's fees taxed as income. |
Lynch, Michael |
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Aug 1, 2000 |
470 |
| Litigation costs for unreasonable penalty recovered. |
Ozello, James |
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Aug 1, 2000 |
479 |
| Taxation of contingent fee awards. |
Schnee, Edward J. |
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Aug 1, 2000 |
478 |
| Pleading requirements for a claim for attorneys' fees. |
Pierce, Gerald W. |
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Jul 1, 2000 |
2819 |
| Taxation of contingent attorney fee awards. |
Kenny, William |
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Jun 1, 2000 |
764 |
| U.S. Appeals Court: PLRA-Prison Litigation Reform Act PARTIAL SUCCESS DETERMINATION. |
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Brief Article |
May 1, 2000 |
135 |
| U.S. District Court: ATTORNEY FEE. |
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Brief Article |
May 1, 2000 |
93 |
| U.S. District Court: PLRA-Prison Litigation Reform Act: LIMITATION. |
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Brief Article |
Feb 1, 2000 |
94 |
| State needs contract lawyers for death-sentence appeals. |
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Brief Article |
Feb 1, 2000 |
166 |
| Judges should tighten reins in class action litigation, group says. |
Reichert, Jennifer L. |
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Jan 1, 2000 |
709 |
| New tax reporting rules have deferred effective date. |
Fox, Steven |
Brief Article |
Jan 1, 2000 |
2651 |
| Retainer fees not deductible when applied to acquisition costs. |
Sargent, Amy |
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Nov 1, 1999 |
303 |
| Information reporting on payments of gross proceeds to attorneys. |
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Nov 1, 1999 |
5190 |
| Prop. regs. on sec. 6045(f) attorney reporting. |
Fox, George |
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Oct 1, 1999 |
1052 |
| Litigating the amount of attorneys' fees. |
Hauser, James C.; Makar, Scott D. |
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Oct 1, 1999 |
3429 |
| Law fees not deductible. |
Lynch, Michael |
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Sep 1, 1999 |
210 |
| Auditing attorney's bills: legal and ethical pitfalls of a growing trend. |
Matturro, Claire Hamner |
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May 1, 1999 |
6514 |
| DOIN' THE NUMBERS. |
Farrell, Scott |
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May 1, 1999 |
87 |
| Family law fees - the high points and the current state of the law. |
Sessums, Mark A. |
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Apr 1, 1999 |
2473 |
| Arbitration and attorneys' fees issues: an attorney's and arbitrator's viewpoint. |
Nussbaum, Frank |
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Nov 1, 1998 |
5242 |
| Attorney fee reimbursement. |
Lucero, Tessa C. |
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Oct 1, 1998 |
891 |
| New reporting requirements for attorney's fees. |
Olson, Mitchel L. |
Brief Article |
Jul 1, 1998 |
229 |
| Tax reporting requirement causes confusion. |
Buchan, Philip |
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Mar 1, 1998 |
816 |
| Attorneys' fees for debtors who prevail in credit card adversaries. |
LeVine, Dennis J.; Marks, Brett |
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Mar 1, 1998 |
3841 |
| Fees for CPAs and attorneys are recovered by taxpayers at the same rate. |
Rea, Robert C. |
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Jan 1, 1998 |
504 |
| Task based billing - overcoming fear. |
Payton, Harry A. |
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Jan 1, 1998 |
2624 |
| Accounting fees limited. |
Lynch, Michael |
Brief Article |
Jan 1, 1998 |
445 |
| Fee caps latest weapon in tobacco wars. |
Buchan, Philip |
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Nov 1, 1997 |
936 |
| Deductibility of limited partners' legal fees. |
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Brief Article |
Oct 1, 1997 |
416 |
| APA: attorneys' fees and costs. |
Edenfield, Martha J. |
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Mar 1, 1997 |
3263 |
| Post-judgment motions for attorneys' fees: time for a bright-line rule. |
Makar, Scott D. |
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Feb 1, 1997 |
5457 |
| Attorney fees facing increased public, court scrutiny. |
Hellwege, Jean |
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Nov 1, 1996 |
1682 |
| How to recover attorney's fees in a commercial landlord-tenant litigation. |
Claman, Richard |
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Jan 24, 1996 |
2250 |
| Without access, there is no justice. |
Liapakis, Pamela Anagnos |
President's Page |
Dec 1, 1995 |
796 |
| Attorneys' fleece: some potential dangers of 'loser-pays.' |
Pulliam, Mark S. |
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Nov 1, 1995 |
1808 |
| Should a lawyer be allowed in small claims court? Some empirical light. |
Schwarz, Samuel; Herskovitz, Paul J.; Kleiner, Deborah S. |
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Sep 22, 1995 |
1985 |
| ABA Ethics Committee endorses contingent fees. |
Hellwege, Jean |
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Mar 1, 1995 |
1017 |
| Public interest lawyers deserve risk multipliers. |
Conte, Alba |
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Dec 1, 1994 |
3802 |
| The aftermath of Key Tronic: implications for attorneys' fee awards. |
Mullins, Robert A. |
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Oct 1, 1994 |
22742 |
| Deductibility of legal expenses in corporate reorganizations. |
Crum, Cynthia A. |
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Oct 1, 1994 |
1626 |
| Recovery of legal assistant fees in litigation. |
Smith, Charlotte W. |
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Sep 1, 1994 |
2164 |
| New York bans no-refund retainer fees. |
Dilworth, Donald C. |
Brief Article |
Jun 1, 1994 |
458 |
| The billable hour: Indiana law firms consider billing alternatives. |
Murphy, Nathan Scott |
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May 1, 1994 |
1596 |
| How to examine legal bills. |
Feigenbaum, Bennett |
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May 1, 1994 |
2249 |
| Attorney's fees in civil litigation: controlling the costs. |
McCormack, William U. |
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Apr 1, 1994 |
3287 |
| Taxpayer's right to receive payments under an annuity policy is income when annuity is purchased. |
Patterson, Martha Priddy |
Brief Article |
Jun 1, 1992 |
412 |
| Handing down decisions on legal expenses. |
Carroll, Hal O. |
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Nov 1, 1990 |
2218 |
| The pro bono hustle. |
Mundy, Liza |
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Sep 1, 1989 |
4229 |
| Litigation cost control seen as dominant issue. |
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Jul 1, 1989 |
814 |
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