A recent Law360 story, “Ethanol Co. Wants $1M Attys’ Fee Award Knocked Down” reports that an ethanol company that successfully wiped out a $36 million judgment after appealing a derivative suit...
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Judge Awards Attorney Fees in ERISA Case
March 2, 2016
A recent Legal Intelligencer story, “$567,000 in Attorney Fees Awarded in ERISA Case,” reports that a federal judge has awarded $567,000 in attorney fees to a lawyer working on an ERISA case that...
SCOTUS Denies Fee Dispute Case in Avandia MDL
March 1, 2016
A recent NLJ story, “Girardi Keese Loses SCOTUS Bid in Avandia Fee Fight,” reports the U.S. Supreme Court has refused to take up Girardi Keese’s fight against turning over more than $10 million...
NALFA Hosts Panel of U.S. District Judges on Attorney Fee Awards
February 29, 2016
The National Association of Legal Fee Analysis (NALFA) is hosting an all judicial panel discussion on court awarded attorney fees. The CLE program is entitled, "View from the Bench: Awarding...
Fee Award Dispute Appeal Reaches Ninth Circuit
February 25, 2016
A recent Law 360 story, “Nobel Tells 9th Circ. To Nix $2.3M Fee Award in Implant Deal,” reports that Nobel Biocare Holding AG urged the Ninth Circuit to vacate a $2.3 million fee award to...
Judge Gives Initial Approval to $9.5M Attorney Fee Settlement
February 24, 2016
A recent New York Law Journal story, “Judge Gives Initial OK to $9.5M Fee Settlement,” reports that a federal judge has preliminarily approved New York City's agreement to pay $9.5 million in...
Judge Approves Fee Award in Electrolux Class Action
February 23, 2016
A recent New Jersey Law Journal story, “Judge Approves $2.75M Fee Award Electrolux Class Action,” reports that, in conjunction with a settlement potentially worth as much as $20 million,...
D.C. Fee Rulings Could Benefit Plaintiffs’ Lawyers
February 22, 2016
A recent NLJ story, “Two D.C. Judges’ Rulings on Fees Could Mean Boon for Plaintiffs Lawyers,” reports that a pair of federal judges in Washington awarded legal fees last week that went more...
Judge Awards Fees in Insurance Coverage Case
February 19, 2016
A recent Courthouse New Service story, “Fee Award Wraps Up $3.9 Million Judgment,” reports that with newly awarded $149,500 in attorney's fees and expenses, a federal judgment against...
Feds Urge High Court to Preserve USPTO Fee Awards
February 17, 2016
A recent Law 360 story, “Feds Urge High Court to Preserve USPTO Attys’ Fee Awards,” reports that the federal government is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to preserve a lower court ruling that any...