Amanda Hairston | Farella Braun & Martel LLP | July 21, 2017 Clients regularly ask their counsel to propose alternative fee arrangements and they are growing in popularity. While these arrangements can be beneficial for clients, they should be carefully considered when an insurance company will be paying all or part of the defense fees.… Continue reading Alternative Fee Arrangements When the Insurer Is Footing the Bill
Tag: Attorney Fees
Texas Supreme Court Rules on Discoverability of an Insurer’s Attorney’s Fee Bills
Karl A. Schulz | Property Insurance Law Observer | June 13, 2017 Are an insurer’s attorney’s fee bills discoverable in first party claims? In In re Nat’l Lloyds Ins. Co., 2017 Tex. LEXIS 522 (Tex. 2017), the Texas Supreme Court considered this question in a hail MDL dispute and answered “No” in a lengthy opinion. The… Continue reading Texas Supreme Court Rules on Discoverability of an Insurer’s Attorney’s Fee Bills
Not so Fast Insurance Company, that Judgment Against your Insured May in Fact be Covered
Adele Ridenour | The Policyholder Report | May 11, 2017 Yesterday, the Oregon Court of Appeals dealt a hefty blow to insurance companies seeking to exclude coverage for property damage to multi-family dwellings and for awards of attorney fees. In Hunters Ridge Condominium Ass’n v. Sherwood Crossing, LLC, the Oregon Court of Appeals held that… Continue reading Not so Fast Insurance Company, that Judgment Against your Insured May in Fact be Covered
Rates Matter! Using the Tactics of Negotiation to Obtain Reasonable Rates for Defense Counsel
Heather W. Habes | Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP | March 17, 2017 Heather Habes, Kilpatrick Townsend Attorney, recently presented “Rates Matter!: Using the Tactics of Negotiation to Obtain Reasonable Rates for Defense Counsel,” as a part of the ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee CLE Seminar in Tucson, Arizona. 5 Key takeaways from the presentation,… Continue reading Rates Matter! Using the Tactics of Negotiation to Obtain Reasonable Rates for Defense Counsel
Oregon Court of Appeals Rejects Insurer’s Attempt to Cast its Own Insured as Just Another Insurer
Dwain Clifford | The Policyholder Report | March 1, 2017 You’re sued. You tender the defense of the lawsuit to your insurer, but it refuses to defend you. You settle the case and then file a lawsuit against your insurer for what it should have paid to defend you while sitting out of the fight.… Continue reading Oregon Court of Appeals Rejects Insurer’s Attempt to Cast its Own Insured as Just Another Insurer