A fee-sharing agreement that used a sliding-scale approach is enforceable and did not violate the Maryland Attorneys’ Rules of Professional Conduct, the Maryland Appellate Court found. In a reported ...

On Aug. 29, 2011, a district court approved an Illinois class action settlement in fiber-optic cable litigation and awarded attorneys fees and expenses. The $3.54 million attorneys fees award was ...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit found that a district court erred in declaring on summary judgment that an attorney had no ownership interest in a winery because the alleged agreement ...