$158M Fee Award in Price-Fixing MDL
August 5, 2016
A recent The Recorder story, “Tigar Awards $158M to Lawyers in Price-Fixing MDL,” reports that a federal judge has approved a $158 million fee award for the attorneys who extracted over $500...
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Category: Contingency Fees / POF
A recent Law 360 article, “Atty Who Quit Before $27M BofA Verdict Still Get Fees” reports that a Massachusetts attorney with a contingency agreement should get fees after representing a car...
The Ethical Rules of Attorney Fee Sharing
July 25, 2016
A recent ABA Journal article “Sharing Fees with a Lawyer Outside the Firm is OK as Long as Certain Rules are Followed” by David Hudson report on the ethical rules of attorney fee sharing. The...
Largest Attorney Fee Awards in U.S. History
July 20, 2016
NALFA tracks attorney fee requests and attorney fee awards from across the U.S. Here are some of the largest common benefit class action attorney fee awards to date in U.S....
$115M Fee Request Dispute in Chinese Drywall MDL
July 14, 2016
A recent Reuters’ On the Case story “Fee Fight Blights $1.3 Billion Chinese Drywall Case,” by Alison Frankel reports that, after seven years of wrestling with scores of defendants, many of them...
Attorney Fees at Issue in Aftermath of VW Accord
July 6, 2016
A recent American Lawyer story “Fees Could Become Bone of Contention in Aftermath of VW Accord,” reports that plaintiffs lawyers have repeatedly made reference to the arduous negotiations that...
Lawyer for Uber Drivers Self Reduces Fee Request
June 14, 2016
A recent The Recorder story, “Lawyer for Uber Drivers Slashes Fee Request,” reports that, stung by accusations that she sold out hundreds of thousands of Uber drivers to enrich herself, plaintiffs...
A recent The Recorder story, “California Supreme Court Scrutinizes Class Action Fee Awards,” reports that the California Supreme Court seemed skeptical of arguments that it should lay down a host...
Law Firm’s Contingency Fee Upheld on Appeal
May 25, 2016
A recent Legal Intelligencer story, “Erie Law Firm’s Contingency Fee Upheld on Appeal” reports that an Erie law firm's contingency fee award from a settlement it reached with an insurer on...
A recent ABA Journal story, “Citing Brief Error, 6th Circuit OKs $6,800 in Legal Fees; Counsel Sought $180K in Coffeemaker Suit,” reports that plaintiff Pamella Montgomery still gets the $250...