A recent Law 360 story by Rose Krebs, “3 Firms Get $16.8M for $60M Tesla-SolarCity Suit Deal,” reports that a Delaware vice chancellor approved Grant & Eisenhofer PA, Kessler Topaz Meltzer...
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$77M in Attorney Fees in $386M Bond Price Fixing Settlement
August 13, 2020
Recently a federal district court in New York granted final approval of a $386.5 million settlement, including over $77 million in attorneys’ fees, in a class action brought by investors alleging...
Sixth Circuit Tosses Hourly Rates Citing ‘Community Market Rule’
August 12, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Emily Field, “6th Circ. Wipes Out Atty Fee Award in Vita-Mix Blender Deal” reports that the Sixth Circuit vacated a nearly $4 million attorney fees award in a class...
A recent Law 360 article by Michael McTigue, Meredith Slawe, and Max Kaplan of Cozen O’Connor, “7th Circ. Ruling Should Deter Class Objector Side Deals,” report on a recent Seventh Circuit...
Issues Arise in Fee Proposal in Price Fixing Class Action
August 6, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Nadia Dreid, “Too Many Cooks in Kitchen, Telescope Co. Says in Price-Fix Row,” reports that telescope maker Celestron has urged a California federal judge to reject a...
Retired Players Blast Holdback Fees in NFL Concussion Case
August 1, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Ryan Boysen, “Ex-NFLers Blast Seeger Weiss for Concussion Holdback Fees,” reports that retired NFL players and law firms active in the historic concussion settlement are...
A recent Law 360 story by Linda Chiem, “Virgin Asks 9th Circ. To Ax $6M Atty Fee in Wage Spat” reports that Alaska Airlines and Virgin America asked the Ninth Circuit to vacate nearly $6 million...
Opioid MDL Judge Won’t Set Up $3B Attorney Fee Fund
July 28, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Kevin Stawicki, “Opioid MDL Judge Won’t Set Up $3B Fund For Plaintiffs’ Attys” reports that an Ohio federal judge refused to set up a $3 billion "common benefit...
Judge Won’t Approve Fees That Amount to $7,500 An Hour
July 24, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Dorothy Atkins, “Judge Won’t OK Atty Fees She Says Equal $7,500 An Hour” reports that a California judge issued a tentative ruling approving Merrill Lynch's $12.5...
$23M in Attorney Fees in Yahoo Data Breach MDL
July 22, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Dorothy Atkins, “Yahoo Data Breach MDL Attys Get $23M in Cut Fee Award” reports that a California federal judge approved a $117.5 million deal to resolve multidistrict...