A recent Bloomberg BNA story, “Will SCOTUS Review High Counsel Fees in Low-Value Cases?,” reports that the proper method for determining attorneys' fees for class counsel in low-value consumer...
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Ninth Circuit Considers Class Bid for Attorney Fees
March 16, 2016
A recent Courthouse News story, “9th Cir. Considers Bid for Attorney Fees” reports that a class that won an early grant of summary judgment in a dispute over co-payments to Arizona's Medicaid...
Article: Attorney Fees in MDL Cases Lack Case Law
March 14, 2016
A recent NLJ article, “The Wild West of Fee Fights” reports that fee fights among plaintiffs attorneys in multidistrict litigation have forced more federal judges in recent cases to wade into the...
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...
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 Hits Patent Plaintiff with Fee Award
January 28, 2016
A recent Texas Lawyer story, “U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap Hammers Patent Plaintiff with $390K Fee Award,” reports that the bill has finally come due for the first Eastern District of Texas...
Chapter 13 Debtor’s Attorney Not Entitled to Fees, Costs
December 11, 2015
A recent Bloomberg BNA story, “Ch. 13 Debtor’s Attorneys Can’t Get Costs, Fees Paid” reports that a debtor’s attorney isn’t entitled to costs and fees in the absence of any proven injury...
Big Patent Fee Awards May Be Short-Lived
December 10, 2015
A recent Legal Intelligencer story, “Big Fee Awards in Patent Cases May Be Short-Lived” reports that a federal judge's decision to up the attorney fees awarded to the defense in a patent...
Trends of Cutting Class Action Attorney Fees Continues
December 8, 2015
A recent ABA Litigation News story, “Trend of Cutting Class Action Attorney Fees Continues” reports that the trend of cutting attorney fees in class actions continues. The article states: Class...
SCOTUS to Hear EEOC Fee Award Dispute
December 4, 2015
A recent NLJ story, “Justices Will Resolve Feud Over Jenner & Block’s Fee Award” reports the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to referee a long-running dispute between Jenner & Block and the...