A recent Metropolitan News story, “Attorneys’ Invoice in Prior Case May Be Admitted to Support Testimony”, reports that a landowner who was sued by a man induced by a real estate agent into...
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A recent Law 360 story by Clark Mindock, “7th Circ. Back $1M Atty Fee Cut in Bias Case,” reports that the Seventh Circuit upheld a finding that an attorney inflated his hourly rate and "grossly"...
A recent Law 360 story by Dave Simpson, “Hagens Berman Gets $31M After 9th Circ. Nixes $48M Fee,” reports that a California federal judge has awarded Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP $31 million in...
A recent Law 360 story by Melissa Angell, “Ninth Circ. Leaves Yahoo Atty Fee Award Alone in Coverage Spat” reports that the Ninth Circuit left Yahoo Inc.'s jury award of more than $600,000 in...
A recent Law 360 story by Bryan Koenig, “Class Counsel Awarded $10M in Fees From $31M Keurig Deal,” reports that a New York federal judge signed off on a $10.3 million attorney fees award, plus...
A recent Law 360 story by Rose Krebs, “Fight on Tap Over Firms’ $4M Fee Bid in CytoDyn Suit Deal,” reports that as a Delaware vice chancellor is set to consider a proposed stockholder suit...
Boies Cites ‘Trench Warfare’ in $627M BCBS Fee Request
June 21, 2021
A recent Bloomberg Law story by Roy Strom, “Boies Cites ‘Trench Warfare’ in $627 Million BCBS Legal Fee Bid,” reports that David Boies and Michael Hausfeld are requesting nearly $627 million...
A recent Bloomberg Law story by Roy Strom, “Meet the Professor Big Law Hires to Collect Nine-Figure Fees,” reports on attorney fee awards in the 10 largest class action recoveries in the U.S. have...
Small Law Firm Accused of Overbilling in Bribery Case
June 19, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Kevin Penton, “Cognizant Says Firm Overbilled It In Ex-CLO’s Bribery Case,” reports that a small New York law firm is facing allegations that it overbilled Cognizant...
A recent Law 360 story by Rose Krebs, “Attys Seek $6.9M For ‘Trailblazing’ Work on Fresh Market Suit,” reports that Friedlander & Gorris and Robbins Geller are seeking roughly $6.9...