Law Firm Wins Bid To Nix $90,000 in Fees Over Invoice Dispute

A Texas law firm will avoid paying $90,000 in attorneys’ fees over a breach of contract dispute it lost, after a Texas appeals court said Thursday that the the fees weren’t recoverable under a state declaratory judgments law.

Ramey & Schwaller LLP denied owing nearly $9,000 in eight unpaid invoices to The Document Group Inc., a document-management company, because it alleged it was working as an agent for two of its clients. However, TDG claimed that the law firm never informed it to bill the two clients, and it sued the firm for breach of contract.

Later, TDG amended its ...