Courthouse News Service reports in "Tyson Damages Capped at $5 Million and Fees" that Judge Richard D. Bennett repeatedly expressed concerns about the $3 million plaintiffs attorneys'...
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Federal Judge Approves $12M Settlement in Retail Class Action
January 13, 2010
Courthouse News Service reports in "Judge OK's $12 Million Retailer Settlement" that a federal judge in Manhattan has approved a $12 million settlement of a securities...
NALFA Requests Publication of Worley Decision in Appellate Court
January 7, 2010
The central holding in Worley v. Storage USA, Inc, et al. is that the trial court was required to calculate reasonable attorney fees using the lodestar approach, given that no common fund...
Six Basic Documents Supporting an Attorney Fee Award
December 15, 2009
To maximize the chances of success of a motion to obtain attorney's fees in the requested amount, the prevailing attorney always should present the following six basic supporting...
Opinions of Attorney Fee Experts
November 20, 2009
"Lay persons are not able to adjudicate the matter of reasonable attorney fee without the testimonial opinion of an expert. Even where a judge is the finder of fact of a reasonable...
In an article, Andrew F. Halaby of Snell & Wilmer in Phoenix explores the issues and factors that affect decision making in breach of contract lawsuits in terms of attorneys' fees....
Attorney Fee Awards and Common Fund Cases
October 26, 2009
In an article in Plaintiff Magazine, Mary Katherine Bedard of Lopez, Hodes, Restaino, Milman & Skikos in San Francisco explores the issues and principles of attorney fee awards in...