In the papers submitted to the court seeking approval of the fee, the plaintiffs' lawyers justified their 14.5percentt fee request by citing to a case in which a court awarded a fee because it was based on a fee agreement negotiated at the beginning of the case.
In many practice areas, including large and lucrative bankruptcy cases, prior court rulings (including the United States Supreme Court's 2010 opinion in Perdue v. Kenny A). essentially require lawyers to use the billable-hour approach if they want to assure approval of their fee petitions.
Only by reviewing the fee statements, which professionals in bankruptcy cases must file to obtain court approval of payment of their fees, did the potential conflict facing the advisers become apparent, said John J. Gibbons, a former judge and a lawyer now representing the creditors in the Owens Corning case.
Ministers assume the Sun gave the Conservative party support in return for policy commitments including a reduction in the BBC licence fee and approval of BSkyB's stake in ITV.
The court ruled Thursday without comment on the measure, Proposition 107, which would have phased out income taxes and required voter approval of any new taxes and fees.
"D.M.V. reform is a cost of the war on terrorism and it is wrong to think that this agency can be turned around without new resources," Mr. Fox said, in a preview of the argument that the administration will make in seeking legislative approval of the changes and increased fees.
In Austria, the filing fee for regulatory approval of a merger can be as little as $77.
Her lobbying fee for delaying approval of a competitor's undersea cable still makes Beltway bandits gasp.
Judge Robert D. Drain of the Federal Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York gave swift approval of the sales, before moving onto more prosaic matters like the review of fee payments to Hostess advisers.
The fees require only the approval of Cal State Chancellor Timothy White — who should reject the new ones and roll back the existing ones.
