In a case in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Jayantibhai Patel, et al. v. City of Long Beach et. al., NALFA member John D. O’Connor of O’Connor & Associates in...
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Federal Judge to Hear Attorney Fee Expert in Acacia Fee Dispute
December 27, 2018
A recent Law 360 story by Aaron Leibowitz, “Mass. Judge to Hear Expert in $1.75M Acacia Atty Fee Fight,” reports that a Boston federal judge said he wants to hear from an expert before deciding a...
Special Fee Master Recommends $500M in Fees in Syngenta MDL
November 27, 2018
A recent Law.com story by Amanda Bronstad, “Syngenta Special Master Rejects $150M in Fees for Texas Attorney Mikal Watts,” reports that a special master reviewing fee requests from hundreds of...
Attorneys Awarded $300M in Fees in Forex Price Fixing Settlement
November 8, 2018
A recent New York Law Journal story by Colby Hamilton, “Attorneys Awarded $300M in Fees in Bank Exchange Fee Settlement” reports that U.S. District Judge Lorna Schofield of the Southern District...
A recent Law 360 story by Diana Novak Jones, “Lieff Cabraser, Others Want $90M in State Farm Judge Case,” reports that Lieff Cabraser, Clifford Law Offices and several other firms have asked for...
Appeals Court Upholds Multiplier in Insurance Coverage Fee Award
August 24, 2018
A recent Law 360 story by Nathan Hale, “Fla. Insurer Loses Appeal of Multiplier of Atty Fees Award,” reports that a Florida appeals court rejected Citizens Property Insurance’s appeal of an...
Judge Slashes Attorney Fees in Anthem Data Breach Class Action
August 17, 2018
A recent story in The Recorder by Amanda Bronstad, “Federal Judge Approves Anthem Data Breach Case, Slashes Attorney Fees,” reports that after chastising plaintiffs lawyers in the Anthem data...
Watts Guerra Seeks $150M in Fees in $1.5B Corn Settlement
August 7, 2018
A recent Texas Lawyer story by Amanda Bronstad, “Mikal Watts Wants One-Third of Expected $500M Fee Corn Settlement,” reports that Texas plaintiffs attorney Mikal Watts is asking for at least $150...
A recent American Law story by Scott Flaherty, “Report Railing Against Lawyers’ Conduct in State Street Case ‘Unmoored,’ Says Labaton,” reports that a newly unsealed special master’s...
A recent NLJ story by Amanda Bronstad, “How a Fee Inquiry Led to Hints of Public Corruption That Have Labaton Fight,” reports that, what began as a judge’s inquiry into a $75 million attorney...