Clerks must pay $1.7M in fees in access case

September 14, 2020 Comments Off on Clerks must pay $1.7M in fees in access case (access required)

Two Virginia circuit court clerks have been ordered to pay nearly $2 million in fees and costs in a lawsuit filed by a news service seeking prompt access to newly filed lawsuits. The lawsuit in Norfolk federal court reportedly brought ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice fees Judge Henry Coke Morgan Jr. U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Client won, was unhappy with law firm’s fee

February 18, 2020 Comments Off on Client won, was unhappy with law firm’s fee (access required)

A Virginia law firm is defending its litigation strategy in a bid to collect more than $165,000 in unpaid bills from a disgruntled client. The client – a defendant in a chemical exposure case – avoided liability with a statute ...

Tagged with: Attorneys Fees Contract fees Judge Henry E. Hudson U.S. District Court - Western District

Fees are a dollar short, but case can stay in court

August 1, 2017 Comments Off on Fees are a dollar short, but case can stay in court (access required)

A personal injury plaintiff avoided disaster this month when a Montgomery County judge ruled that his last-minute lawsuit was not too late, even though the check to cover the filing and process fees was a dollar short. The deadline passed ...

Tagged with: fees Judge Robert M.D. Turk Montgomery County Circuit Court Supreme Court of Virginia Thomas R. Scott