Britney Spears Ordered to Pay Kevin Federline's Lawyer

The sum covers four months of work by Federline's attorney, Mark Vincent Kaplan, in her ongoing custody battle.

At a hearing last week, an attorney for Spears — who had been ordered to pay Kaplan "reasonable" fees — argued that Kaplan was only entitled to $150,000 to $175,000. (Spears had been paying him $500,000.)

Kaplan argued that his fees were "far under market for the package ... This is not a simple custody case."

Spears is set to guest-star on the March 24 episode of CBS' How I Met Your Mother.

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