Compensation

Federal Judge Blasts $360-Per-Hour Fees For Contract Attorneys

A federal judge slashed $10 million from one class-action firm’s fee request in a $335 million settlement, saying much of […]

Decades ago the U.S. Supreme Court adopted a “de minimis rule” for lawsuits seeking compensation under the federal Fair Labor […]

As part of its effort to move past litigation over its diesel emissions cheating scandal, Volkswagen AG has agreed to […]

Current Labor Department rules require employers to pay overtime to workers who make less than $23,660 a year. New rules, […]

Texas lost its battle to defend 2013 abortion restrictions, which the U.S. Supreme Court struck down in June as unconstitutional. […]

Wells Fargo will be taking back $41 million in compensation from embattled chairman and CEO John G. Stumpf, who recently […]

In the first half of this year law firm revenues increased by 4.1 percent, compared to the 3.3 percent growth […]

To maintain its internal culture, top-level equity partners at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher do not receive bonuses, Randy Mastro, co-chair […]

The California Supreme Court has endorsed giving class-action lawyers a percentage of what they win in a case, rather than […]

Cash pay for in-house counsel was down overall last year, but you wouldn’t know it from the amounts the highest-paid […]