A recent New York Law Journal story, “Magistrate Cuts ‘Princely’ Fee Proposal by 80 Percent,” reports that a federal magistrate judge approved a $1.375 million class...
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Attorney Fee Trends in MDL: What is "Common?"
May 19, 2015
A recent law firm blog post, “Attorney Fee Trends in Multidistrict Litigation: What is ‘Common?’”, by Alicia M. Raines and Jennifer R. Tudor of Barnes & Thornburg LLP...
A recent Texas Lawyer story, “Bills Suggest Attorney Fee Cap in Declaratory Actions,” reports that a pair of bills propose a $250,000 cap on attorney fees in declaratory actions...
What Patent Attorney Fee Awards Really Look Like
May 13, 2015
A recent article, “What Patent Attorney Fee Awards Really Look Like,” by Saurabh Vishnubhakat published in the Duke Law Journal Online, studies attorney fee awards in patent...
A recent Law 360 story, “Judge Halves ‘Absurd’ $6M McCune Wright Fee Bid in Kia MDL,” reports that a federal judge pumped the brakes on McCune Wright’s request for...
A recent Legal Intelligencer story, “Third Circuit Adopts Recovery Scheme for Attorney Fee Awards Under ERISA,” reports that litigants who catalyze the defense to change course in an ERISA...
Hausfeld Survives Fee Challenge from NCAA
May 1, 2015
A recent The Recorder story, “Hausfeld to Reap Hefty Fees for NCAA Suit,” reports that a federal judge has signaled he’s likely to award a large chunk of the $50 million requested by...
Report: Spike in Patent Attorney Fee Awards Post-Octane
April 28, 2015
A recent PatLit blog post by David Berry of Brooks Kushman PC, “Data Shows Spike in Patent Attorney Fee Motions and Awards After Octane,” reports on an increase in attorney fee...
Fifth Circuit Tosses Controversial Attorney Fee Rule
April 20, 2015
A recent Texas Lawyer story, “Fifth Circuit Kills Controversial Attorney Fee Rule,” reports that, in a decision that will come as a relief to Texas bankruptcy lawyers, the U.S. Court of...
Federal Circuit: Misconduct Might Merit Attorney Fees
April 13, 2015
A recent NLJ story, “’Misconduct’ Might Merit Attorney Fees, Circuit Rules,” reports that a federal judge abused her discretion in denying attorney fees to a patent litigant...