April 14, 2017
A recent NOLA.com story by Katherine Sayre, “BP Oil Spill: Two Louisiana Firms To Receive $87 Million Each in Attorney Fees,” reports that two law firms in New Orleans and Lafayette that led the...
April 13, 2017
A recent Courthouse News story by Nicholas Iovino, “Judge Whacks 90% of Attorney Fees in VW Dealer Case,” reports that a federal judge cut more than $25 million from attorneys’ fees in a $1.2...
A recent Law 360 story by Suevon Lee, “Judge OKs $150M in Fees in Dow, Boeing Nuke Pollution Suit,” reports that counsel for the Colorado residents who achieved a $375 million settlement with Dow...
A recent NLJ story by Scott Graham, “Federal Circuit Faces Facts: District Judges Call Shots on Fee Awards,” reports that a District Court in Texas is on the verge of overruling the U.S. Court of...
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...
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...
March 21, 2017
A recent Legal Intelligencer story by P.J. D’Annunzio, “Lawyers Want $1M Fee, Get $651K in Rita’s Class Action,” reports that the attorneys handling the Rita's Water Ice class action over the...
March 20, 2017
A recent Law 360 story by Matt Chiappardi, “Nortel Creditors Seek $4M Cut to Indenture Trustee Fee Bid,” reports that two hedge funds that held senior notes issued by a Nortel Networks Inc. unit...
March 15, 2017
A recent Wall Street Journal story by Joe Palazzolo and Sara Randazzo, “One Lawyer, 6,905 Hours Leads to $1.5 Million Bill in Sprint Suit,” reports that, Alexander Silow, a contract lawyer for a...
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...
