A recent Law 360 article by Matthew Rizzolo and Steve Meil of Ropes & Gray LLP, “Fee Award Highlights Patent Litigation in Claims Court,” reports on patent attorney fee awards in the U.S....
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Eleventh Circuit: No Added Attorney Fees for Defending Fees
April 12, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Nathan Hale, “No Added Atty Fees in Nationstar Case, 11th Circ. Says,” reports that a Florida woman who won a judgment against Nationstar Mortgage LLC for charging...
Class Attorneys Earn $3M in $9.85M in US Airways Settlement
April 11, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Dean Seal, “Class Attys Get $3M Cut of $9.85M US Airways Deal,” reports that three law firms in coastal California will get about 30% of the $9.85 million settlement they...
A recent New York Law Journal story by Colby Hamilton, “Second Circuit Upholds Judge’s Slashing Attorney Fees in Fair Credit Law Settlement,” reports that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...
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...
$19M Fee Award in Long Running Shareholder Class Action
April 5, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Jeff Montgomery, “Prickett Jones, Grant Eisenhofer, Kessler Topaz Win $19M Fee,” reports that the Delaware Chancery Court awarded $18.7 million in fees to Prickett Jones,...
A recent Law 360 story by Michael Phillis, “Contractor Fights ‘Cash Grab’ Fee Request in FCA Suit,” reports that a joint venture that included Bechtel Group blasted a whistleblower's bid for...
PG&E Legal Bills Already Top $84M in Chapter 11 Case
April 2, 2019
A recent The Recorder story by Xiumei Dong, “PG&E Legal Bills Already Top $84M for Chapter 11 Case,” reports that four outside law firms have billed Pacific Gas and Electric Co. at least $84...
A recent Law 360 story by Rick Archer, “Firm’s 20% Fee Bid Slashed in NFL Concussion Settlement,” reports that the Pennsylvania federal judge overseeing the National Football League’s...
A recent The Recorder story by Ross Todd, “Plaintiffs in Latest NCAA Antitrust Case Seek Nearly $45M in Fees,” reports that lawyers who recently won an injunction barring the National Collegiate...