How Legal Fees In Lawsuit Settlements Are Taxed To Plaintiffs

Legal fees are taxed to plaintiffs, so they need to be able to deduct them, even with a qualified settlement fund. Despite ...
Law

Unreasonable Contest Attorney Fees Revisited in 'Torres'

Last month, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court brought unreasonable contest attorney fees back to the forefront in the precedential matter of Torres v. Amazon.com Services (Workers' Compensation ...

Former New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart faces deadline to repay city’s attorney fees

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (WTNH) — Former New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart faces a deadline Wednesday to reimburse the city’s ...
Forbes

Attorneys Who Aided Debtors Hit With $4.5 Million In Attorney Fees

We now rejoin the litigation in Nagel v. Westin still in progress, and which was the subject of my article UVTA Held Not To Require A Third-Party Transferee In Nagel (Jan. 24, 2021). A quick ...
Colorado Politics

Appeals court revives tenants’ lawsuit over landlords’ illegal fee demands

Colorado's second-highest court revived a proposed class-action lawsuit against landlords and other entities last month, ...
Insurance Business America

Florida court frees guaranty fund from paying attorney fees in settlement

In Florida, not the state's insurance guaranty fund - at least not here. In a June 17, 2026 ruling, the Fourth District Court of Appeal sided with the Florida Insurance Guaranty Association, or FIGA, ...