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...
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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...
A recent Law 360 story by Reenat Sinay, “Bernstein Litowitz Seeks $12M in Atty Fees for VW Deal,” reports that Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP has requested $12 million in attorney...
5 Law Firms to Divide $214M in Fees in $1.5B Syngenta MDL
March 21, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Ryan Boysen, “5 Firms to Get $214M in $1.5B Syngenta MDL Corn Settlement,” reports that five law firms will receive $214 million in fees from the $1.5 billion Syngenta...
$2.4M Fee Award in CPI Credit Card IPO Action
March 14, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Matthew Guarnaccia, “Credit Card Co. Investors Score $2.4M in IPO Suit Atty Fees,” reports that the New York federal judge overseeing a class action lawsuit related to...
Article: Fresh Takes on Seeking Costs and Fees Under Rule 45
February 22, 2019
A recent Pepper Hamilton blog post article by Donna Fisher, Matthew Hamilton, and Sandra Hamilton, “Fresh Takes on Seeking Costs and Fees Under Rule 45,” reports on fee-shifting incurred in...