Wake Up Call: Surfside Condo Lawyers Seek $100 Million in Fees

In today’s column, an e-discovery boutique said it’s laying off 10% of “time keepers”; the total number of U.S. lawyers rose 6.6% in the last decade; law firms have warmed to large group hires.

• Leading off, lawyers in the Surfside condo settlement are asking for slightly over $100 million in fees. That about 10% of the nearly $1 billion settlement that the victims’ lawyers reached last month with defendants and other parties in the class action over the collapse of an apartment tower. (Miami Herald)
• The managing partner of e-discovery boutique Redgrave LLP notified employees at the firm ...