HARDING et al v. JACOBY & MEYERS, LLP et al

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Case overview

Case Number:

2:14-cv-05419

Court:

New Jersey

Nature of Suit:

Contract: Other

Judge:

John Michael Vazquez

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  1. February 09, 2023

    Ex-Clients Settle Billing Fight With Jacoby & Meyers, Others

    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.

  2. July 07, 2022

    Jacoby & Meyers Dodges Class Cert. Effort In Billing Suit

    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.

  3. January 20, 2021

    Jacoby & Meyers Contrived New Bid To Nix Suit, Clients Say

    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.

  4. November 23, 2020

    Jacoby & Meyers Slams Renewed Cert. Bid In Billing Suit

    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.

  5. October 20, 2020

    Jacoby & Meyers' Ex-Clients Renew Cert. Bid In Billing Suit

    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.

  6. January 29, 2020

    Jacoby & Meyers, Finkelstein Can't Duck Billing Dispute

    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.

  7. July 12, 2018

    Jacoby & Meyers Clients Can Try Again In Billing Suit

    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.

  8. October 31, 2017

    Jacoby & Meyers Clients Lose Class Cert. Bid In Billing Suit

    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.

  9. March 03, 2015

    Suit Over Jacoby & Meyers Litigation Support Costs Trimmed

    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.

  10. August 29, 2014

    Class Suit Targets Jacoby & Meyers Litigation Support Costs

    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.