A recent study, The 2015 Carlton Fields Jorden Burt Class Action Survey: Best Practices in Reducing Cost and Managing Risk in Class Action Litigation (pdf), reports that across industries, companies...
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Archive: 2015
A recent New York Times story, “Chunk of New Jersey’s Money from Exxon Settlement is to Go to Legal Fees,” reports that New Jersey’s decision to settle a multibillion-dollar...
SCOTUS Oral Arguments in ASARCO's Bankruptcy Fee Issues
March 16, 2015
A recent Texas Lawyer story, “Tough Questions at $5 Million Fee Fight Before SCOTUS,” reports that predicting how the highest court’s nine justices will rule after they have heard...
A recent USA Today story, “O’Bannon Lawyers Fight Huge Fee Reduction Sought by NCAA,” reports that lawyers for the plaintiffs in the Ed O’Bannon antitrust class action against...
A recent Texas Lawyer story, “$6.2 Million in Attorney Fees, Costs Awarded in Hurricane Katrina Insurance Litigation,” reports that even though it’s been almost 10 years since...
A recent American Lawyer story, “Judge OKs Detroit’s $178 Million in Bankruptcy Fees,” reports that, after reviewing $178 million in fee requests from attorneys and consultants who...
$25M in Fees Awarded in RBC Shareholder Action
March 6, 2015
A recent WSJ story, “Lawyers for Rural/Metro Shareholders Awarded $25 Million in Fees,” reports that a Delaware judge awarded $25 million to plaintiffs’ lawyers who successfully sued...
A recent Law 360 story, “VW, Audi Owners Win $15.5M in Attys’ Fees in Oil Sludge MDL,” reports that a Massachusetts federal judge approved roughly $15.5 million in attorneys’...
SCOTUS Won't Hear $72M Bayer MDL Fee Dispute
February 25, 2015
A recent Law 360 story, “High Court Won’t Hear $72M Bayer MDL Fee Fight,” reports that the U.S. Supreme Court passed on an appeal from plaintiffs’ attorneys in multidistrict...
5 Largest Class Action Settlements of 2014
February 18, 2015
The following class actions are the largest settlements in terms of payments awarded to consumers in 2014. $1.1 Billion LCD Panel Settlement $53 Million Apple iPhone/iPod Warranty...