A recent Law 360 story by Jon Hill, “Investors Seek $63M in Fees in Deutsche, HSBC Libor Deals,” reports that investors who reached $340 million in settlements earlier this year with Deutsche...
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Appeals Court Upholds Multiplier in Insurance Coverage Fee Award
August 24, 2018
A recent Law 360 story by Nathan Hale, “Fla. Insurer Loses Appeal of Multiplier of Atty Fees Award,” reports that a Florida appeals court rejected Citizens Property Insurance’s appeal of an...
Fee Agreement Issues in Opioid Litigation in Some Texas Counties
August 23, 2018
A recent Forbes story by Daniel Fisher, “Lawyers for Texas Counties in Opioid Cases May Not Have Valid Contracts,” reports that a number of Texas counties including Montgomery County, a sprawling...
Judge Approves Fee Enhancement in GNC Age Discrimination Case
August 22, 2018
A recent New Jersey Law Journal story by Charles Toutant, “Judge Approves Fee Enhancement, But Not ‘Dual Fee,’ in GNC Employee’s Case” reports that a federal judge in Camden, pointing to his...
DOJ Challenge Supplemental Fee Request in Landmark Class Action
August 21, 2018
A recent NLJ story by Marcia Coyle, “DOJ Tells Court: Class Lawyers Already Get $60M in Fees. Now They Want More?,” reports that a fight over legal fees is brewing between the U.S. Justice...
Class Counsel Awarded $22M in Expenses in $2B Forex Deal
August 20, 2018
A recent Law 360 story by Dean Seal, “Class Counsel in $2B Forex Deal Awarded $22M in Expenses,” reports that a New York federal judge awarded nearly $22.5 million to an investor class' counsel...
Judge Slashes Attorney Fees in Anthem Data Breach Class Action
August 17, 2018
A recent story in The Recorder by Amanda Bronstad, “Federal Judge Approves Anthem Data Breach Case, Slashes Attorney Fees,” reports that after chastising plaintiffs lawyers in the Anthem data...
$58.4M Attorney Fee Award in LIBOR MDL
August 16, 2018
A recent Law 360 story by Bryan Koenig, “Hausfeld, Susman Awarded in $58.4M in Libor MDL Fees, Costs,” reports that Hausfeld LLP and Susman Godfrey LLP will decide how to dole out a nearly $60...
Federal Circuit Tosses Fee Award Under New USPTO Policy
August 14, 2018
A recent Law 360 story by Bill Donahue, “After Big Ruling, Fed. Circ. Nixes USPTO Fee Award,” reports that, citing a ruling last month striking down the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s...
Law Firms Win Attorney Fees in ‘Exceptional’ IP Case
August 9, 2018
A recent Daily Business Review story by Raychel Lean, “Billing Rates: This Miami Just Help Win a Nearly $1M Fee Award for Benihana Suit,” reports that federal Judge Paul Engelmayer in the...