A recent The Recorder by Ross Todd, “At Odds With 9th Circuit, SCOTUS Nixes $2.7M in Discovery Sanctions,” reports that the U.S. Supreme Court held on Tuesday that attorney fee awards resulting...
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Law Firms Seek Share of Fees From $680M Fund in BP MDL
April 14, 2017
A recent NOLA.com story by Katherine Sayre, “BP Oil Spill: Two Louisiana Firms To Receive $87 Million Each in Attorney Fees,” reports that two law firms in New Orleans and Lafayette that led the...
Fee Request Reduced 90 Percent in VW Dealer Case
April 13, 2017
A recent Courthouse News story by Nicholas Iovino, “Judge Whacks 90% of Attorney Fees in VW Dealer Case,” reports that a federal judge cut more than $25 million from attorneys’ fees in a $1.2...
A recent Law 360 story by Suevon Lee, “Judge OKs $150M in Fees in Dow, Boeing Nuke Pollution Suit,” reports that counsel for the Colorado residents who achieved a $375 million settlement with Dow...
A recent NLJ story by Scott Graham, “Federal Circuit Faces Facts: District Judges Call Shots on Fee Awards,” reports that a District Court in Texas is on the verge of overruling the U.S. Court of...
Attorney Fees Against Lloyd’s Underwriters Affirmed
March 31, 2017
A recent Business Insurance story by Judy Greenwald, “Bad Faith, Attorneys Fee Awards Against Lloyd’s Underwriters Affirmed,” reports that a California appeals court has upheld a $50,000...
Fee Allocation Dispute Action Filed Against Milberg
March 27, 2017
A recent New Jersey Law Journal story by Charles Toutant, “Milberg Targeted in $10.6 Million Legal Fees Fight Linked to Merck Drug,” reports that a Louisiana law firm's seeking $10.6 million in...
NALFA Hosts CLE Program with Sitting Federal Judges
March 24, 2017
Today, NALFA hosted the CLE program “View From the Bench: Awarding Attorney Fees in Federal Litigation”. This program featured a panel of sitting federal judges. This is the third CLE program...
$175M in Attorney Fees in $10B VW Settlement
March 22, 2017
A recent Courthouse News Services story by Nicholas Iovino, “Lawyers Share $175M Payday in VW Settlement,” reports that a federal judge awarded $175 million in attorneys’ fees and costs to...
NALFA Podcast with Law Professor Charles Silver
March 17, 2017
NALFA hosts a podcast series on attorney fee issues. We talk with thought leaders, attorney fee experts, and attorney fee newsmakers who’ve helped shape and influence the jurisprudence of...