A court awarded $45,000 in attorney’s fees in an ERISA case in which the claimant recovered just $650. In Tomasko v. Ira H. Weinstock, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Philadelphia ruled that...
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Law Firms Oppose Fee Cuts in Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy
March 18, 2010
An recent NLJ article, “Law Firms Protest Lehman Fee Committee’s Cuts in Legal Bills” reports that three law firms (Milbank Tweed, Jones Day, and Curtis Mallet) filed...
A recent article, “Court Tosses Fee Award, Saying Trustee Overpaid for Rolls Royce Defense” reported that a California appeals court has snatched away $5 million in fees from attorneys at...
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...