Skadden’s Bankruptcy Bills
am 02.09.2006 von http://log.handakte.de/In a study of the division of professional fees in 74 large, public company bankruptcy cases concluded from 1998 through 2003, we find that 79% of court-awarded fees are awarded for services rendered directly to the debtor in possession. Only 20% are awarded for services rendered to creditors committees, only one half of one percent are awarded for …
OH Supreme Court ruling gives grandparents visitation rights
Handakte WebLAWg / [Via JURIST] Leading Monday’s states brief, the Ohio Supreme Court unanimously ruled [PDF text] today that grandparent visitation can be awarded over the wishes of the child’s parents as Ohio law requires courts to balance the best intere…
Local authority translation services / Kommunale Übersetzungsdienstleistungen
Transblawg / Apparently it's quite common for British local authorities to offer translation services to their inhabitants. Multilingual London gives links to some of them, and also to Multikulti, which 'provides accessible, accurately translated advice a…
Contingency Fee Ruling
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. On March 8, 2007, the federal constitutional Supreme Court in Karlruhe rendered a landmark decision loosening the restrictions on contingency fees. Such fees have been legal only in very limited circumstances, usually involvi…
Fees for Spam to Lawyer
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. There is some debate in Germany whether lawyers may demand legal fees for the prosecution of their own claims. Generally, matters of minor significance which would ordinarily not require the engagement of an attorney do not tr…
Die Nestflucht der Großkanzlei-Associates: Warum und wohin?
Jurabilis / At the 250 largest law firms, the arrows are pointing up for many associate indicators. Summer internships are up. Incoming associate classes are up. Recruiting costs for both summer and first-year associates, in dollars and in partner time, are…
Statutory Legal Fees
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / J.G - Washington. In Germany, legal fees consist of attorney fees for out of court actions and litigation and of court costs. A lawsuit may extend to three instances--trial court, court of appeals and supreme court. At each lev…
Punitive damages / Strafschadensersatz
Transblawg / Professor Volker Behr wrote a paper in 2003 in which he said that the USA and Germany are moving closer together on the issue of punitive damages. The USA has always recognized both a compensatory and a punitive element in damages, but they are…
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