Legal Bills for US Banks Exceed $100B
September 2, 2013
A recent Bloomberg story, “U.S. Bank Legal Bills Exceed $100 Billion,” reports that since the financial crisis the six biggest U.S. banks, led by JP Morgan Chase & Co. and Bank of...
September 2, 2013
A recent Bloomberg story, “U.S. Bank Legal Bills Exceed $100 Billion,” reports that since the financial crisis the six biggest U.S. banks, led by JP Morgan Chase & Co. and Bank of...
September 1, 2013
A recent BLT Blog post, “Fannie Mae Securities Class Action Lawyers Seek $44M,” reports that the plaintiffs’ lawyers are seeking 22 percent of the $153 million settlement fund...
August 30, 2013
A recent The Recorder story, “Court Approves Facebook Class Settlement, Shaves Attorney Fees,” reports that a federal judge gave final approval to a $20 million settlement but took an axe...
August 24, 2013
A recent New York Times story, “Wall Street Debates Who Should Pay Legal Bills,” by Andrew Ross Sorkin reports that the debate about who should foot the legal bill is an increasingly...
August 24, 2013
A recent academic paper, “Do Class Action Lawyers Make Too Little?” (pdf), by Vanderbilt Law Professor Brian T. Fitzpatrick, published in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review,...
August 21, 2013
A recent AM Law Litigation Daily story, “Judge OKs $730 Million Citi Bondholders Deal,” reports that U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein approved a $730 million settlement in the Citigroup...
August 20, 2013
A recent Metropolitan News story, “Attorney with Disbelieved Time Records to Receive No Fee,” reports that an attorney who sought nearly $25 million in attorney fees based on her...
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...
August 17, 2013
A recent Corporate Counsel story, “In-House Counsel Seeing Increase in Litigation,” reports that more than one-third of general counsel in a recent survey, “Litigation &Corporate...