Small Illinois Law Firm Gets Big Firm Payday
February 1, 2010
A recent article, "Small Illinois Law Firm Reap $16 M in United Airlines Case" reports Myron M. Cherry & Associates of Chicago will get the lion's share of the $44 million...
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Courthouse News Service reports in "Tyson Damages Capped at $5 Million and Fees" that Judge Richard D. Bennett repeatedly expressed concerns about the $3 million plaintiffs attorneys'...
Law Firm Wins Major Legal Bill Battle
January 27, 2010
Drinker Biddle & Reath has won a hard-fought $1.78 million fee award from a Pennsylvania state court jury in a bet-the-company patent litigation case. A recent article, "Drinker...
Important Attorney Fee Issue to Be Decided by US Supreme Court
January 22, 2010
Ever wonder about the meaning of "prevailing party" under Section 502 (g) of ERISA? If so, you are in luck. The U.S. Supreme Court is about to take up this issue, perhaps as soon as...
Proposal: A Uniform Rule For a Motion For Attorney Fees in Federal Courts of Appeal
January 20, 2010
An article, "Timeliness of Motion for Attorney Fees in the Federal Courts of Appeal: The Benefits of a Uniform Rule" by Phineas E. Leahey of Jones Day in New York surveys the differing...
Simple Collection Case Balloons Leading to $2.3M in Attorney Fees
January 19, 2010
A recent article, "Simple Collections Case Balloons, Leading to $ 2.3 Million in Attorney Fees" reports that Massachusetts federal judge Rya Zobel awarded Computer Sales International...
Federal Judge Approves $12M Settlement in Retail Class Action
January 13, 2010
Courthouse News Service reports in "Judge OK's $12 Million Retailer Settlement" that a federal judge in Manhattan has approved a $12 million settlement of a securities...
NALFA Requests Publication of Worley Decision in Appellate Court
January 7, 2010
The central holding in Worley v. Storage USA, Inc, et al. is that the trial court was required to calculate reasonable attorney fees using the lodestar approach, given that no common fund...
Six Basic Documents Supporting an Attorney Fee Award
December 15, 2009
To maximize the chances of success of a motion to obtain attorney's fees in the requested amount, the prevailing attorney always should present the following six basic supporting...
Opinions of Attorney Fee Experts
November 20, 2009
"Lay persons are not able to adjudicate the matter of reasonable attorney fee without the testimonial opinion of an expert. Even where a judge is the finder of fact of a reasonable...