A recent ABA story by Debra Cassens Weiss, “Labaton Sucharow Agrees to Return $4.8M in Attorney Fees After Attorney Finder Fee is Revealed,” reports that Labaton Sucharow has agreed to return...
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Attorneys Awarded Fraction in Vietnam Veteran’s Experimentation Case
October 10, 2018
A recent Bloomberg Law story by Joyce Cutler, “Vietnam Vets’ Law Firm Awarded Only $3.4M in Experimentation Case,” reports that the law firm that spent nine years fighting and winning health...
Class Counsel File $13.8M Fee Request in Bloomberg OT Suit
October 9, 2018
A recent Law 360 story by Adam Lidgett, “Bloomberg Workers Seek $13.8M in Costs, Fees in OT Suit,” reports that a class of Bloomberg LP help desk representatives have told a New York federal...
Florida Supreme Court Undo Attorney Fees Over Settlement Offer
October 8, 2018
A recent Law 360 story by Carolina Bolado, “Fla. Justices Udo Attys’ Fees Ruling Over Settlement Offer” reports that the Florida Supreme Court quashed a decision deeming a settlement offer too...
Report: Some Lawyers Spend 30 Percent of Workday Billing Clients
October 5, 2018
A recent Texas Lawyer story by Brenda Sapino Jeffreys, “US Lawyers Spend Only 30 Percent of Workday on Billable Hours, Report Says,” reports that U.S. lawyers are still spending too little of...
A recent Law 360 story by Dorothy Atkins, “9th Circ. Rejects Attys’ Fees in $38M ProFlowers Deal,” reports that a Ninth Circuit panel vacated a $8.7 million attorneys’ fees award in a $38...
CA Appeals Court: Fees Too Low in $18M Plane Crash Settlement
October 3, 2018
A recent Law 360 story by Y. Peter Kang, “Fees Too Low in $18M Plane Crash Suit Deal, Court Says,” reports that a California appellate panel published an opinion holding that a trial judge’s...
St. Luke’s Drops Appeal of $7.5M Fee Award in Antitrust Case
October 2, 2018
A recent Law 360 story by Danielle Nichole Smith, “St. Luke’s Drops Appeal of $7.5M Atty Fees in Antitrust Case,” reports that St. Luke’s Health System Ltd. has agreed to drop its appeal of a...
A recent Daily Business Review story by Zach Schlein, “Appellate Court Issues Ruling on Attorney Fees by Way of Rejected Offers of Judgment,” reports that entitlement to attorney fees following...
Connecticut High Court Sides with Company in Fee Dispute
September 28, 2018
A recent Connecticut Law Tribune story by Robert Storace, “Connecticut Supreme Court Sides with Gaming Company in Battle with Ledyard Over Legal Fees in Casino Dispute,” reports that the...