A recent Thomson Reuters story, “Courts Voids HP Printer Settlement, Cites Legal Fees,” reports that a divided federal appeals court voided a class action settlement between...
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Study: Contingency Fee System Promotes Access and Efficiency
February 11, 2013
A recent study from NYU Law School’s The Center for Justice and Democracy (CJ&D), “Courthouse Cornerstone: Contingency Fees and Their Importance for Everyday Americans (pdf),”...
New Illinois Law Raises Cap on Attorney Fees in Medical Malpractice
January 22, 2013
Most personal injury attorneys, including those who handle medical negligence cases, charge a contingency fee based on what a case is worth. You pay nothing up front, but at the end of your...
NALFA's Top 10 News Stories of 2012
December 31, 2012
New Proposed Guidelines for Bankruptcy Fees in Large Cases Judge Approves $144M in Fees in Avandia MDL Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Seek $4.95M in Moody’s Shareholder Class Action First Circuit...
NALFA: State AGs Should Be Allowed to Hire Contingency Fee Lawyers
December 21, 2012
A recent Thomson Reuters Legal story, “Should State AGs be Allowed to Use Contingency Fee Lawyers?” reported on the relationship between state AGs and outside counsel in public interest...
Congressman Peter Defazio (D-OR) recently introduced H.R. 6245 (pdf). The working title of the house bill is the “Saving High-Tech Innovators Egregious Legal Dispute Act of 2012”...
Tort Reform Lobby Takes Aim at Cy Pres Awards
June 8, 2012
Last Friday, the Republican controlled U.S. House held hearings on cy pres awards in class action litigation. Cy pres awards are final surplus funds left over from class action cases. The...
The Republican controlled Michigan House of Representatives introduced legislation that would limit attorney fee compensation in civil litigation. The proposed law would restrict any attorney...
Today, Republican Governor Phil Bryant signed into law restrictions on the state’s use of outside, contingency fee lawyers. The “sunshine” law would require all outside counsel...
A Washington, DC-based tort reform lobby group, American Tort Reform Association (ATRA), wrote legislation that would limit Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood’s power to hire outside...