Lawyer cannot claim fees for legal fight with a client ; US Supreme Court [Read the Judgment]

In an important decision, US Supreme Court has turned down the compensation claim of lawyers for the time they spent fighting against their own client over legal fees in bankruptcy court. In the 6-3 majority judgment, Justice Clarence Thomas, ruled that "bankruptcy law does not authorize the award of fees for defending a fee application, and that is the end of the matter”. “Congress did...