A recent Legal Times story, “Animal Rights Group Oppose $25M Fee Request in Circus Litigation,” reports that lawyers for animal rights group that unsuccessfully sued the producer of the...
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Seventh Circuit Reaffirms Lodestar Method in Class Actions
April 10, 2014
A recent National Law Review article, “Seventh Circuit Affirms Lodestar Method to Determine Attorneys’ Fees in TCPA Class Action,” by Sheppard Mullin Associate David M. Poell, writes...
A recent NLJ story, “Plaintiffs Reduce Fee Demand in Prius Litigation,” reports that five plaintiffs’ law firms that originally sought $4.7 million in attorney fees in a class action...
A recent National Law Review story, “Second Circuit: Five Factors Still Relevant to ERISA Attorney Fee Awards,” by Proskauer Rose Associate Anthony S. Cacace, reports that the Second...
A recent Am Law Daily story, “Billing Survey Shows Rates Ticking Up as Demand Dips,” reports that corporate clients purchased fewer hours from law firms in 2013 than they did the year...
Legislation Would Grant Attorney Fees in Insurance Disputes
March 21, 2014
A recent Connecticut Law Tribune story, “Bill Would Grant Attorney Fees in Insurance Disputes,” reports that Connecticut lawmakers are considering several pieces of legislation that would...
A recent WSJ Law Blog story, “Chevron Asks Judge for $32.3 Million in Attorney Fees After Winning Case,” reports that Chevron Corp. has asked the judge who presided over the racketeering...
A recent The Recorder story, “Federal Circuit OKs $12 Million Fee Award in ‘Exceptional’ Patent Case,” reports that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has upheld...
“There’s been a lot of hand-wringing from the tort reform lobby over attorney fees in class actions. Conservatives in the tort reform lobby complain about attorney fees in class...
The Laffey Matrix (pdf) is used as a guideline for attorney fees in courts in the Washington, D.C.-Baltimore area. This fee schedule is also used by some other courts as well. The fee...