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Fees
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The Contingency
Fee Simple
The New York Times published a fascinating article yesterday about fees in mega-bankruptcies -- your Lehman Bros., your Washington Mutuals, and your General Motors, to name a few. Compare Nelson…
Litigation & Trial
Public Pension Funds Complain About Private Equity Fees – Why Not Sue Under Jones v. Harris Associates?
The New York Times reports: Private equity deal-makers, those kings of corporate buyouts, made billions for themselves when times were good. But some of their biggest investors, public pension funds,…
Wage and Hour Defense Blog
Tip Pools and Mandatory Service Charges – Wage and Hour Class Actions Continue to Target Hospitality Employers
By EPSTEIN BECKER & GREEN, P.C.
Another luxury New York hotel is the latest target in a constant stream of wage and hour class actions against the hotel and restaurant industry challenging the industry's practices relating…
Business and Commercial
ACC Launches Blog Addressing Fees and More
By Patrick Lamb
Heads-up. I justed added a link to the Association of Corporate Counsel's new blog, InHouse ACCess (love the play on capitalization). The authors are ACC President Fred Krebs, ACC GC and…
Legal Profession Blog
Does This Make Mike Frisch The Best Person In The World?
Posted by Alan ChildressHardly, but at least he is not Keith Olbermann's "Worst Person In The World" today. That honor falls to the Illinois lawyer (Scott Robert Erwin) whom Mike…
Legal Profession Blog
“Irretrievably Broken”
A client retained an attorney in a personal injury case but, shortly thereafter, they "began having difficulty with their attorney-client relationship." The lawyer withdrew when the client threatened a bar…
Media Law Prof Blog
FCC Considering Caps, Pro-Rating On Cell Phone Fees
Cell phone users may see a silver lining under a new plan being floated by some cell phone companies and being considered by the FCC. Under it, consumers might be…
Wage & Hour - Developments & Highlights
Three Strikes And You’re Out (Or, In, The Class Action)e
Food vendors at Fenway Park in Boston have filed a class action against Aramark Sports LLC, their employer, alleging that the company assessed service charges and then did not pay…
Securities Law Prof Blog
SIFMA Study in Support of Rule 12b-1 Fees
The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) has prepared a white paper on the history and purpose of Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Rule 12b-1…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Class Action Against Teachers’ Retirement Plan
A class action on behalf of participants in the New York State United Teachers Member Benefits Trust charges that the Trust accepted payments from insurer ING to endorse its high-fee…