A recent Reuters story by Alison Frankel, “Judge in $3B Petrobras Securities Case Cuts Class Lawyers’ Fees by $100M,” reports that on the attorney fee award in the Petrobras securities class...
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A recent The Recorder story by Ross Todd, “Judge Again Says She’s ‘Disappointed’ in Plaintffs Lawyers in Anthem Data Breach Case ,” reports that the federal judge overseeing litigation...
A recent Law 360 story by Bonnie Eslinger, “Attys Defend $16M LendingClub Fee Bid That ‘Shocked’ Judge,” reports that attorneys seeking $16 million for representing LendingClub Corp....
Minnesota Supreme Court Sets Attorney Fee Award Factors
June 11, 2018
A recent Minnesota Lawyer story by Barbara L. Jones, “Supreme Court Sets Fee Award Factors,” reports on the recent Minnesota Supreme Court decision in Faricy Law Firm v. API Inc. Asbestos...
Opinion: The Trouble with Lodestar Fee Awards
May 30, 2018
A recent Reuters editorial by Alison Frankel, “The Trouble with Lodestar Fee Awards, Anthem Class Action Edition,” opines on the recent fee request in the Anthem data breach class action. The...
A recent NLJ story by Amanda Bronstad, “Anthem Data Breach Attorney Fees Report Faulted by Plaintiffs Lawyers and Objector,” reports that plaintiffs lawyers in the Anthem data breach settlement...
Opinion: End Excessive Fees in Class Action Litigation
March 19, 2018
A recent Law.com editorial by the Law Journal Editorial Board, “End Excessive Fees in Class Action Litigation,” opines on attorney fees in class action litigation. It reads: Final approval...
Facebook Investors Seek $129M in Attorney Fees
February 20, 2018
A recent Bloomberg Law story by Jacob Rund “Facebook Investors Seek $129M Fee in Fight Over Non-Voting Stock,” reports that lawyers representing Facebook Inc. stockholders who may have caused the...
A recent The Recorder story by Amanda Bronstad, “$38M Fee Request in Anthem Data Breach Settlement Under Scrutiny” reports that an objection says the fee request, which is 33 percent of the $115...
Law Firms Question Expert’s Analysis of Attorney Fees
January 4, 2018
A recent Legal Intelligencer story by Max Mitchell, “NFL Concussion Lawyers Questions Expert’s Analysis of Attorney Fees” reports that several leading law firms in the NFL concussion...