A recent Metropolitan News story, “Slashing Fee Award to 28 Percent of Amount Claimed Was Warranted,” reports that the Court of Appeal for this district has affirmed Los Angeles Superior Court...
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A recent Delaware Law Weekly story by Scott Graham, “Delaware Judge Puts Foot Down on Over-Litigation in Shoe Design Case,” reports that it sounds as if U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika of...
Client Says Law Firm Can’t Collect Attorney Fee ‘Windfall’
March 31, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Lauraann Wood, “Gaming Co. Says Jackson Lewis Can’t Collect Fee ‘Windfall’,” reports that a now-closed gaming terminal company has said that an Illinois state...
A recent Law 360 story by Nadia Dreid, “Cotchett Pitre Gets $8.3M in Fees in Resistor Antitrust Fight,” reports that Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy LLP will walk away with $8.3 million for its...
Judge Reduces Attorney Fees in Target Class Action
March 24, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Brian Dowling, “Target Class Settlement Doesn’t Merit Hefty Fee, Judge Says,” reports that a Massachusetts federal judge has slashed a plaintiffs' firm's cut of a $2.3...
Tech Firm Slams $24M Fee Request in IP Litigation
March 23, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Hannah Albarazi, “Emerson Electric Slams BladeRoom’s $24M Atty Fee Bid,” reports that Emerson Electric told a California federal judge that BladeRoom doesn't deserve...
Judge Rejects Math Error Claim in Attorney Fee Request
March 19, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Pete Brush, “NY Judge Swats Down Sanford Heisler Math Error Claim,” reports that a Manhattan federal judge rejected a claim by the firm representing a former Columbia...
$245M in Attorney Fees in Pinnacle Hip Implant MDL
March 12, 2020
A recent Law.com story by Amanda Bronstad, “Lawyers Suing Over DePuy’s Pinnacle Hip Implant Set to Receive $245M,” reports that a federal judge has approved an estimated $245 million in fees and...
A recent Law 360 story by Chris Villani, “Labaton Rebuke Sends Message: Botch Fees and Pay a Price,” reports that by slashing $15 million in fees from Labaton Sucharow LLP and Thornton Law Firm...
A recent Law 360 story by Dani Kass, “Special Master Blasts Cisco’s $4M Fee Bid, Oks Apple’s $2M,” reports that a special master appointed by U.S. District Judge William Alsup lectured Cisco...