A recent Reuters story by Alison Frankel, “Judge in $3B Petrobras Securities Case Cuts Class Lawyers’ Fees by $100M,” reports that on the attorney fee award in the Petrobras securities class...
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NJ Appeals Court Vacates Fee Award, Citing American Rule
June 22, 2018
A recent New Jersey Law Journal story by Michael Booth, “Citing ‘American Rule,’ Appeals Court Vacates Fee Award in Pension Case,” reports that a New Jersey appeals court has ruled that...
A recent Law 360 story by Bill Wichert, “Attys Awarded $1.3M Fees in Pipe Price Fixing Class Action,” reports that counsel for indirect purchasers of ductile iron pipe fittings have won a New...
A recent Law 360 story by Bonnie Eslinger, “Attys Defend $16M LendingClub Fee Bid That ‘Shocked’ Judge,” reports that attorneys seeking $16 million for representing LendingClub Corp....
Minnesota Supreme Court Sets Attorney Fee Award Factors
June 11, 2018
A recent Minnesota Lawyer story by Barbara L. Jones, “Supreme Court Sets Fee Award Factors,” reports on the recent Minnesota Supreme Court decision in Faricy Law Firm v. API Inc. Asbestos...
Opinion: The Trouble with Lodestar Fee Awards
May 30, 2018
A recent Reuters editorial by Alison Frankel, “The Trouble with Lodestar Fee Awards, Anthem Class Action Edition,” opines on the recent fee request in the Anthem data breach class action. The...
A recent New Jersey Law Journal story by Michael Riccardi, “Medical Device Makers’ Patent Infringement Battle Yields $13M Fee Award” reports that a Newark, New Jersey, federal judge has awarded...
A recent Connecticut Law Tribune story by Robert Storace, “Defense: Attorney Fee Award in Wage Case Could Mean ‘Open Season’ for Suits Against Restaurants,” reports that a ruling by a...
A recent NLJ story by Amanda Bronstad, “Anthem Data Breach Attorney Fees Report Faulted by Plaintiffs Lawyers and Objector,” reports that plaintiffs lawyers in the Anthem data breach settlement...
A recent Insurance Journal story, “California Judge Orders County to Pay $1.4M in Lawyers’ Fees,” in a judge in central California has ordered Stanislaus County to pay nearly $1.4 million in...