A recent Law 360 story by Sayna Posses, “TCPA Class Demands Objector Post Bond in $15M Fee Appeal” reports that call recipients leading a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) class action over...
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Question: When Is a $3 Million Attorney Fee Award Painful?
April 19, 2017
Answer: When your fee request was $25 million higher. And so it was in In Re: Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation, pending in federal court...
NALFA Hosts CLE Program with Sitting Federal Judges
March 24, 2017
Today, NALFA hosted the CLE program “View From the Bench: Awarding Attorney Fees in Federal Litigation”. This program featured a panel of sitting federal judges. This is the third CLE program...
$175M in Attorney Fees in $10B VW Settlement
March 22, 2017
A recent Courthouse News Services story by Nicholas Iovino, “Lawyers Share $175M Payday in VW Settlement,” reports that a federal judge awarded $175 million in attorneys’ fees and costs to...
NALFA Podcast with Law Professor Charles Silver
March 17, 2017
NALFA hosts a podcast series on attorney fee issues. We talk with thought leaders, attorney fee experts, and attorney fee newsmakers who’ve helped shape and influence the jurisprudence of...
Federal Circuit: EAJA Fee Awards Must Use Local Rates
March 16, 2017
A recent Law 360 story by Chuck Stanley, “Fed. Circuit Says EAJA Legal Fees Must Use Local Costs,” reports that awards for attorneys’ fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) must be...
MetLife Faces $6.2M in Attorney Fees
March 9, 2017
A recent Law 360 story by Bonnie Eslinger, “MetLife Faces $6.2M in Atty Fees Over Ponzi Scheme Ruling,” reports that a California judge tentatively ordered MetLife Inc. and various subsidiaries...
Attorneys Challenge Low Fee Award Before Ninth Circuit
February 21, 2017
A recent Law 360 story by Dorothy Atkins, “Kraft Buyers’ ‘Greedy’ Attys Fight Low Fee Award at 9th Circ,” reports that attorneys who extracted a confidential settlement from Kraft Foods over...
Eighth Circuit Affirms Fee Award in Life Time Fitness MDL
February 16, 2017
A recent Law 360 story by Melissa Daniels, “8th Circ. Affirms $2.8M Fee Award in Gym’s TCPA Settlement,” reports that an Eighth Circuit panel confirmed a $2.8 million fee award for four law...
NALFA Podcast Interview with Law Professor Brian Fitzpatrick
February 15, 2017
NALFA hosts a podcast series on attorney fee issues. We talk with thought leaders, attorney fee experts, and attorney fee newsmakers who've helped shape and influence the jurisprudence of reasonable...