A recent The Recorder story by Amanda Bronstad, “Yahoo Agrees to Pay $85M to Settle Consumer Data Breach Class Actions,” reports that ruling on a contentious fee dispute, a federal appeals court...
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Class Counsel Lose Share of Fee Award in Dow Pollution Class Action
October 12, 2018
A recent Law 360 story by Juan Carlos Rodriguez, “10th Circ. Tosses Dow Pollution Class Attys’ Fee Appeal,” reports that the Tenth Circuit rejected a bid by three individual class counsel to...
Florida Supreme Court Undo Attorney Fees Over Settlement Offer
October 8, 2018
A recent Law 360 story by Carolina Bolado, “Fla. Justices Udo Attys’ Fees Ruling Over Settlement Offer” reports that the Florida Supreme Court quashed a decision deeming a settlement offer too...
A recent Law 360 story by Dorothy Atkins, “9th Circ. Rejects Attys’ Fees in $38M ProFlowers Deal,” reports that a Ninth Circuit panel vacated a $8.7 million attorneys’ fees award in a $38...
CA Appeals Court: Fees Too Low in $18M Plane Crash Settlement
October 3, 2018
A recent Law 360 story by Y. Peter Kang, “Fees Too Low in $18M Plane Crash Suit Deal, Court Says,” reports that a California appellate panel published an opinion holding that a trial judge’s...
St. Luke’s Drops Appeal of $7.5M Fee Award in Antitrust Case
October 2, 2018
A recent Law 360 story by Danielle Nichole Smith, “St. Luke’s Drops Appeal of $7.5M Atty Fees in Antitrust Case,” reports that St. Luke’s Health System Ltd. has agreed to drop its appeal of a...
A recent Daily Business Review story by Zach Schlein, “Appellate Court Issues Ruling on Attorney Fees by Way of Rejected Offers of Judgment,” reports that entitlement to attorney fees following...
Connecticut High Court Sides with Company in Fee Dispute
September 28, 2018
A recent Connecticut Law Tribune story by Robert Storace, “Connecticut Supreme Court Sides with Gaming Company in Battle with Ledyard Over Legal Fees in Casino Dispute,” reports that the...
No Attorney Fees for Illinois Law Firm in Qui Tam Action
September 20, 2018
A recent Law 360 story by Lauraann Wood, “Ill. Firm Can’t Collect Fees for Work on Its’ Qui Tam Suit,” reports that the Illinois Supreme Court sided with an appellate panel's ruling rejecting...
Mootness Attorney Fee Awards Before the Seventh Circuit
September 18, 2018
A recent Law 360 story by Diana Novak Jones, “7th Circ. Has Chance to Cut Off ‘Mootness Fee’ Merger Case,” reports that against a backdrop of near-constant shareholder litigation challenging...