A recent Law 360 story by Dean Seal, “2nd Circ. Oks $20M Award For Madoff Investor Class Attys” reports that the Second Circuit rejected the last objection to a nearly $20 million fee award for...
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The Nation’s Top Attorney Fee Experts of 2020
June 24, 2020
NALFA, a non-profit group, is building a worldwide network of attorney fee expertise. Our network includes members, faculty, and fellows with expertise on the reasonableness of attorney fees. We...
The Nation’s Top Attorney Fee Experts of 2020
June 24, 2020
NALFA, a non-profit group, is building a worldwide network of attorney fee expertise. Our network includes members, faculty, and fellows with expertise on the reasonableness of attorney fees. We...
A recent Law 360 story by Cara Salvatore, “Attys Score Fraction of Fees Sought in USAA Bad Faith Trial” reports that an Oregon federal judge has ruled that lawyers who helped a driver win claims...
A recent Law 360 story by Pete Brush, “$88M Cut From Requested $157.5M Atty Fee in Namenda Deal” reports that a Manhattan federal judge slashed nearly $88 million from a $157.5 million fee award...
Court Uses Special Fee Master to Award Attorney Fees
June 6, 2020
Following Straight Path IP Group’s, the patent owner’s, unsuccessful appeal, Apple and Cisco moved for reasonable attorney’s fees. Although the district court reaffirmed the exceptionality of...
A recent Law 360 story by Frank Runyeon, “$750M Namenda Deal OK’d But 21% Atty Fee Request in Doubt” reports that a Manhattan federal judge approved a landmark $750 million settlement over...
A recent Legal Intelligencer story by Max Mitchell, “Third Circuit Oks NFL Concussion Litigation Attorney Fees-With One Exception” reports that a federal appeals court has ruled to mostly affirm...
A recent Law 360 story by Matthew Santoni, “2 Firms Seek $17M Fee Award for Railroad No-Poach Deals” reports that Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP and Fine Kaplan and Black RPC asked a...
Attorney Fees Cut in Defective Toilet Class Settlement
April 27, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Mike Curley, “$12M Atty Fee Slashed in Defective Toilet Settlement,” reports that a Texas federal judge cut a request for $12 million in attorney fees in a settlement...