Attorney fee awards are a major driver of class action litigation – both in the employment and other contexts. How they are awarded, and what is “reasonable” has been an ongoing source of...
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Archive: 2020
Contingency Fee Percentages in Megafund Class Actions
August 21, 2020
Quinn Emanuel relies mostly on recent attorney fee scholarship and attorney fee jurisprudence in their recent $185M attorney fee request in the ACA class action. Their fee request reads: In one...
VW Calls Opt-Out Class Counsel’s Fee Request ‘Excessive’
August 20, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Linda Chiem, “VW Slams Opt-Out Drivers’ ‘Excessive’ Atty Fee Bid,” reports that Volkswagen asked a California federal judge to reject an "excessive" request for...
Federal Circuit Revives Fee Request in Vaccine Act Case
August 19, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Ryan Davis, “Fed. Circ. Revives Fee Bid in Gardasil Vaccine Act Case,” reports that the Federal Circuit revived a mother's bid for attorney fees in an unsuccessful case...
A recent Law 360 story by Rose Krebs, “3 Firms Get $16.8M for $60M Tesla-SolarCity Suit Deal,” reports that a Delaware vice chancellor approved Grant & Eisenhofer PA, Kessler Topaz Meltzer...
Boston Calls $2.3M Fee Request ‘Beyond The Pale’
August 17, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Brian Dowling, “Boston Calls Officers’ $2.3M Fee Request ‘Beyond The Pale’” reports that calling the request "beyond the pale," the city of Boston asked a federal...
Sixth Circuit: Attorney Fees Can Be Awarded in Arbitration
August 16, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Emma Cueto, “6th Circ. Orders Atty Fee Paid in Power Co.’s $5M Arbitration,” reports that the Sixth Circuit has overturned a lower court decision regarding attorney...
Hourly Rate Growth Hits All-Time High…Why?
August 15, 2020
A recent Law.com story by Patrick Smith, “Overall Demand Down for Big Law, But Rate Growth Hits All-Time High. Why?,” reports that the overall demand for legal services dropped 5.9% from the same...
Federal Circuit Backs Attorney Fee Cap in IDEA Cases
August 14, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Andrew Karpan, “DC Circ. Backs Atty Fee Cap in Civil Right Row” reports that the D.C. Circuit rejected the efforts of attorneys representing hundreds of parents in a...
$77M in Attorney Fees in $386M Bond Price Fixing Settlement
August 13, 2020
Recently a federal district court in New York granted final approval of a $386.5 million settlement, including over $77 million in attorneys’ fees, in a class action brought by investors alleging...