A recent Law 360 story by Aaron Leibowitz, “$75M Fee Award in State Street Row Faces Judge’s Scrutiny,” reports that a Boston federal judge heard arguments on whether to reduce a $75 million...
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A recent New Jersey Law Journal story by PJ D’Annunzio, “Third Circuit Rejects Law Firm’s Bid to Set Aside $15M in Bankruptcy Payouts for Fees,” reports that a federal appeals court has...
A recent Metropolitan News Enterprise story, “Judge Meiers Misread Retainer Agreement, Failed to Employ Lodestar Method,” reports that an attorney fee award in a case brought under the state’s...
Feds Fight ‘Bad Faith” Fee Award to Supreme Court
June 17, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Suzanne Monyak, “Feds Fight ‘Bad Faith’ Fee Award in High Court No-Fly Suit,” reports that a Stanford-educated Malaysian woman who was mistakenly placed on the...
A recent Metropolitan News story, “No Error in Approving $210M in Hyundai Settlement,” reports that the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting en banc, affirmed the District Court’s...
A recent Law 360 story by Kevin Penton, “DC Circ. Vacates $7M Atty Fee Award in Civil Right Row,” reports that a split D.C. Circuit panel tossed a nearly $7 million fee award in a long-running...
A recent Law 360 story by Nathan Hale, “Fla. High Court Asked to Clarify Atty Fee Award Calculation,” reports that a Florida appeals court suggested that a clash between case law and its own...
A recent The Recorder story by Amanda Bronstad, “Plaintiffs Lawyers in $800M Chrysler Emissions Settlement Want $66M,” reports that plaintiffs lawyers who helped craft an $800 million settlement...
A recent Law 360 story by Michelle Casady, “Texas Justices Clarify Evidence Needed for Atty Fees,” reports that the Texas Supreme Court clarified what evidence lawyers must present to support...
Ninth Circuit Affirms $42M Fee Award in NCAA Class Action
April 18, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Matthew Perlman, “9th Circ. Affirms $42M Fee Award in NCAA Damages Deal,” reports that the Ninth Circuit cleared the way for a nearly $209 million settlement between...