A recent Legal Intelligencer article by Colin Wrabley and Devin Misour of Reed Smith LLP, “Cautionary Tales on Recovering Attorney Fees in the Third Circuit,” reports on a trio of appellate...
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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....
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...
A recent Texas Lawyer story by Angela Morris, “Bill Would Limit Some Attorney Contingency Fee Contracts with Local Governments,” reports that local governmental entities would have to follow a...
$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...
A recent Law 360 story by Braden Campbell, “Fed. Circ. Wants Reasons for EEOC Mediator’s Fee Denial,” reports that the Federal Circuit told an arbitrator to reconsider denying fees to a U.S....
Judge Trims Attorney Fees in Vertex Junk Fax Settlement
March 22, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Chris Villani, “Attys’ Fees Trimmed to $1.3M in Vertex Junk Fax Settlement,” reports that two firms serving as class counsel in a junk fax settlement with Vertex...