A recent American Lawyer story, “US Agency Paid Two Firms Over $1 Billion in Battle With Banks,” reports that Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd Evans & Figel and Korein Tillery together earned more...
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$175M in Attorney Fees in VW Emission Class Action
October 19, 2016
A recent Reuters story, “Volkswagen to Pay $175 Million to U.S. Lawyers Suing Over Emission,” reports that Volkswagen AG, in another step to move past its costly diesel emissions cheating...
$2.4M Fee Award in Kodak Shareholders Action
October 6, 2016
A recent Bloomberg BNA story, “Kodak Stock-Drop Case Yields $2.4 Attorneys’ Fees Award,” reports that attorneys who represented Eastman Kodak Co. 401(k) plan participants were awarded $2.4...
Fee Objectors Gripe Over Fee Request in VW Emission Accord
September 29, 2016
A recent NLJ story, “Objectors Fault $324M in Potential Fees in VW Emissions Accord,” reports that more than a dozen objectors have urged a federal judge to reject Volkswagen's $14.7 billion...
Arkansas Ballot Referendum Would Cap Attorney Fees in Medical Cases
September 7, 2016
A recent ABA Journal story, “Suits Seek to Block Arkansas Referendum that would Cap Attorney Fees and Damages in Medical Cases,” reports that two lawsuits filed this week seek to block an...
A recent Texas Lawyer story, “$14M Earmarked as Receiver’s Attorney Fees in Stanford Litigation,” reports that in litigation stemming from the disgraced financier R. Allen Stanford $7 billion...
PA Court: Email Can Memorialize Contingency Fee Agreement
August 23, 2016
A recent Legal Intelligencer story, “Court: Email Can Cement Contingent Fee Arrangement,” reports that an email sent by an attorney to his client memorializing a contingent fee arrangement was...
NJ Panel: Anticipated Legal Fees Constitute an Asset
August 19, 2016
A recent Law 360 story, “Future Attys’ Fees Can Be Security Interest, NJ Panel Says,” reports that the New Jersey Appellate Division for the first time clarified that anticipated legal fees...
A recent The Recorder story, “Calif. Justices Rebuff Attack on Class Action Attorney Fees,” reports that the California Supreme Court shot down a bid to upend compensation for class action...
A recent Law.com story, “VW Lawyers’ Fee Request Won’t Exceed $324M Despite Massive Size of Emission Accord,” reports that lead plaintiffs lawyers who crafted a $14.7 billion settlement with...