An upcoming Columbia Law Review article by law professors Lynn Baker and Charles Silver of the University of Texas and Michael Perino of St. John’s University entitled “Is the Price Right:...
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Nearly $1B AIG Securities Settlement Yields $120M Fee Award
March 23, 2015
A recent Reuters story, “AIG Investors’ $970.5 Million Settlement Wins U.S. Court Approval,” reports that American International Group Inc shareholders won approval of a $970.5...
A recent Texas Lawyer story, “$6.2 Million in Attorney Fees, Costs Awarded in Hurricane Katrina Insurance Litigation,” reports that even though it’s been almost 10 years since...
$25M in Fees Awarded in RBC Shareholder Action
March 6, 2015
A recent WSJ story, “Lawyers for Rural/Metro Shareholders Awarded $25 Million in Fees,” reports that a Delaware judge awarded $25 million to plaintiffs’ lawyers who successfully sued...
A recent Law 360 story, “VW, Audi Owners Win $15.5M in Attys’ Fees in Oil Sludge MDL,” reports that a Massachusetts federal judge approved roughly $15.5 million in attorneys’...
SCOTUS Won't Hear $72M Bayer MDL Fee Dispute
February 25, 2015
A recent Law 360 story, “High Court Won’t Hear $72M Bayer MDL Fee Fight,” reports that the U.S. Supreme Court passed on an appeal from plaintiffs’ attorneys in multidistrict...
Judge Erred in Denying Statutory Fee Award
February 11, 2015
A recent Metropolitan News Enterprise story, “Judge Erred in Denying Fee Award to Attorney Parris—C.A.,” reports that a California Court of Appeals held that a judge, appalled by the...
Judicial Discretion: Why Judges Deny or Cut Attorney Fees
February 9, 2015
A recent Texas Lawyer story, “Why Judges Deny or Cut Attorney Fees,” reports that when U.S. Judge Sam Sparks awarded Jerad Najvar’s clients $137,074 in attorney fees—only...
Trey Cox & Jason Dennis: How to Recovery Attorneys' Fees in Texas
February 4, 2015
Attorney fee experts Trey Cox and Jason Dennis, partners at Lynn Tillotson Pinker Cox, LLP in Dallas, have authored, How to Recover Attorneys’ Fees in Texas, Third Edition 2014, published by...
NJ Appeals Court Upholds Fee Reductions
January 22, 2015
A recent New Jersey Law Journal story, “Court OKs Slash of $94K Fee Application by More Than Half,” reports that even in a fee-shifting case, it’s permissible for a judge evaluating...