A recent Law 360 story by Dave Simpson, “$30.2M Deal, $9.3M Fee Award Greenlit in Lens Price-Fix MDL,” reports that a Florida federal judge signed off on a $30.2 million settlement to resolve...
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A recent Law 360 story by Michael Phills, “Flint Plaintiffs' Attys Argue For Final OK of $641M Settlement,” reports that plaintiffs' attorneys want to seal the deal on a $641 million settlement...
Law Firms Net $1M in Fees in Scotts OT Action
May 25, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Matt Perez, “Scott OT Suit Nets More Than $1M in Atty Fees,” reports that a Florida federal judge has approved over $1 million in fees for attorneys at law firms...
A recent Bloomberg Law story by Julie Steinberg, “Plycem $12.5 Million Allura Siding Class Deal Gets Final Nod,” reports that a $12.5 million nationwide class settlement resolving allegations...
A recent Law 360 story by Marco Poggio, “Judge Initially Oks 53 Firms’ Fee Plan in GM Ignition MDL,” reports that a federal judge in Manhattan pushed forward a plan for a three-tier system for...
A recent Law 360 story by Brian Dowling, “Raytheon Balks at Hourly Rate in $8.5M ERISA Fee Ask,” reports that Raytheon Co. has urged a Massachusetts federal judge to shrink what it calls a...
A recent Law 360 story by Dave Simpson, “Attys Denied $12M Fees From ‘Modest At Best’ Facebook Deal,” reports that a California federal declined a bid for $12 million in fees for lawyers...
A recent Law 360 story by Mike Curley, “10th Circ. Won’t Undo Samsung Washer Settlement Over Fees,” reports that the Tenth Circuit refused to toss a settlement that ended multidistrict...
TX Justices Toss Class Action Fee Award in Insurance Cases
April 18, 2021
A recent Texas Lawyer story by Greg Land, “Texas Justices Toss Class Action Ruling Against Insurer and $3.5M Fee Award,” reports that the Texas Supreme Court has ruled an insurer that stopped...
Ninth Circuit: $6M Fee Award Does Not Create ‘Windfall’
April 12, 2021
A recent Metropolitan News story, “$6 Million Attorney Fee Award Would Not Create ‘Windfall’,” reports that the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, has reversed an order...