Litigation
Nov. 3, 2011
Fee disputes arise between insurer and firms
The shift toward electronic billing that's so popular with insurance clients has changed how civil defense lawyers collect their fees, putting more onus on them to show exactly what they're billing for and why.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
It seemed like a case of "no good deed goes unpunished." An in-demand Los Angeles attorney decided to cut her insurance company client a break by not billing it for 5.4 hours of her time spent on a task, so she entered the freebie in her client's billing software.
But instead of her client thanking her for the pleasant surprise of her free work, Edith R. Matthai of Robie & Matthai A...
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