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...
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A recent Law 360 story by Mike Curley, “Attys Get $80.6M in Apple IPhone Slowdown Settlement,” reports that a California federal judge greenlighted a settlement of up to $500 million for iPhone...
Judge Slams $32M Wells Fargo Fee Request as Unreasonable
March 18, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Dorothy Atkins, “Wells Fargo Judge Slams $32M Atty Fee Bid As Unreasonable,” reports that a California federal judge said she'll preliminarily approve Wells Fargo's...
Apple Challenges $87M Fee Request in iPhone Settlement
February 18, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Dorothy Atkins, “Apple, Ky. AG Rip Class Attys’ $87M Fee Bid in IPhone Deal,” reports that Apple and the Kentucky attorney general joined objectors in urging a...
Fee Dispute Looms Over $800M in Fees in Roundup MDL
February 5, 2021
A recent Law.com story by ‘Money Grab’: Objections Fly Over $800M in Fees for Lead Counsel in Roundup MDL”, reports that lawyers are pushing back against a request in the multidistrict...
$1.2B Valeant Settlement Earns Robbins Geller $157M Fee Award
February 2, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Dean Seal “Final OK on $1.2B Valeant Deal Earns Robbins Geller $157M”, reports that a New Jersey federal judge gave final approval to a $1.2 billion settlement of an...
$1.9M Fee Award in $7.5M Google Data Breach Settlement
January 8, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Dorothy Atkins, “Google’s $7.8M Data Breach Deal OK’d. Attys Get $1.8M” reports that a California federal judge overruled 761 objections and approved Google's $7.5...
Full Eleventh Circuit Urged to Buck Ban on Class Incentive Awards
October 28, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Allison Grande, “Full 11th Circ. Urged to Buck Ban on Class Incentive Awards,” reports that the full Eleventh Circuit is being pressed to review a panel decision in a...
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...
The Nation’s Top Attorney Fee Experts of 2020
June 24, 2020
NALFA, a non-profit group, is building a worldwide network of attorney fee expertise. Our network includes members, faculty, and fellows with expertise on the reasonableness of attorney fees. We...