A recent Law 360 story by McCord Pagan, “4th Circ. Tosses $10M Fee Award in Lumber Liquidators Deal,” reports that a Fourth Circuit panel ordered a recalculation of a $10 million award for...
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$245M in Attorney Fees in Pinnacle Hip Implant MDL
March 12, 2020
A recent Law.com story by Amanda Bronstad, “Lawyers Suing Over DePuy’s Pinnacle Hip Implant Set to Receive $245M,” reports that a federal judge has approved an estimated $245 million in fees and...
ALM Media Cites NALFA Hourly Rate Survey
March 11, 2020
ALM Media Properties LLC covers a recent NALFA survey, The 2020 Class Action Hourly Rate Survey in its recent Critical Mass newsletter, “Critical Mass: Coronavirus Cancels MDL Program at Duke Law,...
A recent Law 360 story by Kevin Stawicki, “Opioid Judge Taps Harvard Prof to Guide $3B Fee Fight,” reports that the Ohio federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation over the opioid epidemic...
A recent Law 360 article by Valerie K. Ferrier, “3 Rulings Show When Litigating Wage Claims Is Worth It,” reports on three recent fee rulings defense counsel should consider when deciding to...
A recent Law 360 story by Chris Villani, “Labaton Rebuke Sends Message: Botch Fees and Pay a Price,” reports that by slashing $15 million in fees from Labaton Sucharow LLP and Thornton Law Firm...
A recent Law 360 story by Dani Kass, “Special Master Blasts Cisco’s $4M Fee Bid, Oks Apple’s $2M,” reports that a special master appointed by U.S. District Judge William Alsup lectured Cisco...
Defense rates keep pace with plaintiffs’ rates in class action litigation at partner and associate levels in 2020. That’s just one of the findings from a recent survey, The 2020 Class Action...
A recent Law 360 story by Dani Kass, “Full Fed. Circ. Urged to Fix Divergent Attorney Fee Ruling,” reports that the Federal Circuit deviated from nearly every other circuit court and U.S. Supreme...
A recent Law 360 article by Paul Aloe, “Discrimination Cases Are Too Complex For AI Fee Prediction,” responses to another Law 360 article, “Legal Prediction is Demanding But Not Impossible.” ...