NALFA's Top Attorney Fee Awards of 2013
January 6, 2014
NALFA’s Attorney Fees Blog reports on attorney fee matters from across the U.S., including attorney fee awards. The following are the largest fee awards in 2013. The following does...
January 6, 2014
NALFA’s Attorney Fees Blog reports on attorney fee matters from across the U.S., including attorney fee awards. The following are the largest fee awards in 2013. The following does...
January 3, 2014
3rd Circuit Sets New Precedent on Attorney Fees New York Appeals Court Expands Catalyst Theory of Attorney Fees Court Awards $310M in Attorney Fees in Flat Panel MDL Tort Reform Lobby Targets...
December 3, 2013
A recent NLJ story, “Under Fire, Two BP Objectors’ Lawyers Withdraw,” reports that professional fee objectors Ted Frank and Darrell Palmer have withdrawn their appeals of two...
November 11, 2013
NALFA hosted The Attorney Fees Conference – 2013 at the San Francisco Bar Association on October 25, 2013. The program had a morning session that focused on attorney fee disputes and an...
October 29, 2013
NALFA hosted The Attorney Fees Conference – 2013 at the San Francisco Bar Association on October 25, 2013. The program had a morning session that focused on attorney fee disputes and an...
August 19, 2013
A recent Detroit Free Press story, “Judge Appoints $600/Hour Attorney to Monitor Excessive Fees in Detroit Bankruptcy,” reports that U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes appointed a fee...
August 18, 2013
A recent ABA Journal story, “Lawyers in Multiple States Face Inquiry, or Worse, Over Legal Fees in Mortgage Foreclosure Matters,” reports that foreclosure lawyers in multiple states are...
Case Settlement Amt. Fee Award % Multiplier In Re Enron Corp. Sec., Deriv. & ERISA $7.227B $688.23M 9.52 5.22 In Re WorldCom, Inc. Sec....
A recent ABA Journal story, “Slashing $26M in Legal Fees from Citigroup Case, Judge Cites $550/hr Charge for $15/hr Contract Work” reports that a federal judge has slashed by 27 percent...
July 18, 2013
1. Dickie Scruggs’ Judicial Bribery Scandal: Richard “Dickie” Scruggs of Scruggs Law Firm in Oxford, Mississippi was one of the most successful trial lawyers in U.S....