February 09, 2023
Former clients of Jacoby & Meyers LLP and Finkelstein & Partners LLP have "amicably" resolved their claims that the intermingled firms improperly billed them for litigation support services by a company owned by a group of their partners, according to an order Wednesday from New Jersey federal court.
July 07, 2022
Jacoby & Meyers LLP and Finkelstein & Partners LLP will avoid facing class claims over their purportedly improper billing practices after a New Jersey federal judge left intact a certification ruling that their former clients must pursue such allegations on an individual basis.
January 20, 2021
A proposed class of Jacoby & Meyers LLP clients asked a New Jersey federal judge to reject the firm's attempt at reviving its summary judgment bid in their billing dispute, saying it's trying to turn an innocuous statement in a reply brief into a crucial bit of new evidence.
November 23, 2020
Jacoby & Meyers LLP and Finkelstein & Partners LLP slammed a motion by a proposed class of ex-clients to renew a class certification bid in a billing suit, arguing Friday that the members are not typical of most certified classes and that they don't show that common issues dominate their action.
October 20, 2020
Former clients of Jacoby & Meyers LLP and Finkelstein & Partners LLP who contend the firms used a litigation support company to improperly shift costs onto them have urged a New Jersey federal court to approve their bid to be certified as a class.
January 29, 2020
A New Jersey federal judge has rejected the bulk of an effort by Jacoby & Meyers and Finkelstein & Partners to dodge allegations in a proposed class action that they used a separate corporate entity to bill clients in personal injury cases for services that should have been covered by their contingency fees.
July 12, 2018
A New Jersey federal judge has given former Jacoby & Meyers and Finkelstein & Partners clients the green light to amend claims against both law firms in a dispute over the use of a litigation support company, giving the clients an opportunity to update their class action claims after previously being denied class certification.
October 31, 2017
A New Jersey federal judge on Monday denied class certification in a suit accusing Jacoby & Meyers LLP and Finkelstein & Partners LLP of using a litigation support company owned by the firms' attorneys to improperly shift costs onto clients, ruling the former clients needed more evidence in order to establish a class.
March 03, 2015
A federal judge in New Jersey on Tuesday trimmed a putative class action brought against Jacoby & Meyers LLP and Finkelstein & Partners LLP claiming they improperly saddled clients with litigation costs from a company owned by lawyers at the firms but left breach of contract and some other claims standing.
August 29, 2014
Jacoby & Meyers LLP and Finkelstein & Partners LLP have been hit with a putative class action in New Jersey federal court claiming that clients had to shoulder improper expenses from a litigation support company that was owned by the interrelated firms' attorneys.