A recent Legal Intelligencer story by Zack Needles, “Pa. Courts OKs Attorney Fees for Time Spent Seeking Attorney Fees,” reports that attorneys can petition to recover fees under the Unfair Trade...
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A recent Law.com story by Amanda Bronstad, “’Structural and Procedural Flaws’ Foul Up Fees in Syngenta Settlement,” reports that judges in three states have divvied up more than $440 million...
Ninth Circuit: Judge Properly Cut Attorney Fees in Class Action
August 23, 2019
A recent Metropolitan News story, “Judge Reasonably Pared Attorney Fees From $7.2M to $3.6M in Class Action,” reports that the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, affirmed an...
Ninth Circuit Affirms $29M Fee Award in Infringement Action
August 16, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Dave Simpson, “9th Circ. Keeps Oracle’s Rimini Injunction, $29M Atty Fee Win,” reports that the Ninth Circuit said that Rimini Street Inc. still must pay Oracle Corp....
Judge Rejects $200K Fee Request for $5K Settlement
August 15, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Lauraann Wood, “$200K Fee After $5K Deal ‘Makes No Sense,’ Ill. Judge Says,” reports that an Illinois federal judge granted photo agency FameFlynet Inc. $10,500 of...
Seeger Weiss Targeted in NFL Concussion Fee Appeal
August 14, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Ryan Boysen, “First Shots Fired in Seeger Weiss Concussion Fee Appeal,” reports that Seeger Weiss LLP has “hoarded” nearly $65 million for its work on the landmark...
Law Firm Wins Dispute Over $1.3M Fee Reduction
August 12, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Kevin Penton, “Law Firm Wins Nix of $1.3M Fee Reduction in Client Dispute,” reports that a New Jersey trial judge jumped the gun when he decided a fee dispute between an...
A recent Daily Business Review story by Steven Meyerowitz, “Ambiguous Settlement Proposals Doom Insurer’s Bid for Attorney Fees,” reports that the Third District Court of Appeal affirmed an...
A recent Law 360 story by Khorri Atkinson, “Attys in Au Pair Antitrust Wage Dispute Get $22.9M in Fees,” reports that a recent Tenth Circuit ruling won't disturb a $65.5 million deal approved two...
A recent Metropolitan News story, “Attorney Fees May Be Awarded Based on Indemnity Clause Where Party Itself Sues,” reports that Kerri Walsh Jennings, a beach volleyball player who has captured...