A recent Law 360 story by Chris Villani, “Labaton Rebuke Sends Message: Botch Fees and Pay a Price,” reports that by slashing $15 million in fees from Labaton Sucharow LLP and Thornton Law Firm...
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Law Firms See Attorney Fee Reductions from State Street Case
February 28, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Chris Villani, “3 Law Firms See $15M Chopped From State Street Fees,” reports that a federal judge slashed attorney fees for Labaton Sucharow, Thornton Law and Lieff...
Phrama Firms Critical of Attorney Fee Request in Opioid MDL
February 27, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Emily Field, “Opioid Cos. Slam Atty Fee Proposal That Could Reach $3.3B,” reports that drug companies told the Ohio federal judge overseeing the multidistrict litigation...
$6.8M Chinese Drywall Fee Allocation Dispute Heads to Arbitration
February 26, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by McCord Pagan, “Firm in Chinese Drywall MDL Must Arbitrate $6.8M Fee Tussle,” reports that a Louisiana federal judge has sent part of a $6.8 million fee dispute stemming...
37 AGs Critical of Attorney Fee Request in Opioid MDL
February 25, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Danielle Nichole Smith, “37 AGs Assail Plaintiffs’ Atty Fee Bid in Opioid MDL,” reports that a group of 37 attorneys general urged an Ohio federal judge to reject a...
Claims of ‘Excessive’ Hourly Rates in NFL Concussion Settlement
February 21, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Ryan Boysen, “Seeger Weiss for ‘Excessive’ Fee in Concussion Deal,” reports that a handful of law firms have again objected to Seeger Weiss LLP’s latest $1.2...
$18M in Attorney Fees in Mushroom Antitrust Settlement
January 31, 2020
A recent Legal Intelligencer story by Max Mitchell, “US Judge Awards $18M in Attorney Fees After Settlement in Mushroom Antitrust Suit,” reports that the judge handling the litigation...
Fee Allocation Dispute in Antitrust Case in Seventh Circuit
January 15, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Celeste Bott, “Attys Spar Over Fees From Antitrust Row at 7th Circ.,” reports that a Seventh Circuit panel took issue with an attorney’s arguments that the allocation...
Class Counsel Says He Was Cheated Out of $2.6M in Attorney Fees
January 9, 2020
A recent Daily Report story by Greg Land, “Lawyer Booted From Class Action Says He Was Cheated Out of $2.6M in Legal Fees,” reports that a Georgia law firm is accused of scheming to cheat its...
NCAA Ordered to Pay $33M in Fees and Costs in Antitrust Case
December 25, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Dave Simpson, “NCAA Owes Student-Athletes’ Attys $33M in Fees and Costs,” reports that a California magistrate judge ordered the NCAA to pay $31.8 million to cover the...