A recent New York Law Journal article by Michael C. Rakower and Melissa Yang of Rakower PLLC in New York, “Attorney Fees Under ERISA §502(G)(1): An Exception to the American Rule,” report on...
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Third Circuit Declines Hearing NFL’s Fee Allocation Dispute
November 6, 2019
A recent Legal Intelligencer story by Max Mitchell, “Fed. Appeals Court Declines Jurisdiction Over Law Firms’ Fee Dispute in NFL Concussion Case,” reports that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...
Parties Seeking PTAB Attorney Fees Face High Bar in Courts
November 5, 2019
A recent Law 360 article by Lionel Lavenue, R. Benjamin Cassady, Bradford Schulz, and Regan Rundio of Finnegan Henderson LLP, “Parties Seeking PTAB Attorney Fees Face High Bar in Courts,” report...
5 Law Firms Seek Fees in GNC ‘Phantom Markdown’ Settlement
November 4, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Matthew Santoni, “5 Law Firms Seek $1.5M in Fees in GNC ‘Phantom Markdown’ Deal,” reports that five law firms representing customers in a $6 million settlement with...
Second Circuit Upholds $300M Fee Award in Forex MDL
November 1, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Anne Cullen, “2nd Circ. Upholds $300M Atty Fees in Forex Rigging Case,” reports that the Second Circuit downed an objector's efforts to lop more than a third off a $300...
$77.5M in Fees Sought in Equifax Data Breach Settlement
October 31, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Dean Seal, “Class Attys Seek $77.5M in Fees For Equifax Breach Deal,” reports that the attorneys who secured a $380.5 million cash fund for victims of Equifax Inc.'s...
Insurers Want REIT Attorney Fees Resolved in Arbitration
October 30, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Joyce Hanson, “Insurers Say REIT’s Atty Fees Must Be Resolved in Arbitration,” reports that Lloyd's of London underwriters and other insurers have asked a Florida...
$16M Fee Request in Seaworld Worker Pension Case
October 29, 2019
A recent Bloomberg Law story by Jacklyn Wille, “Anheuser-Busch Facing $16 Million Fee Bid Over SeaWorld Pension,” reports that the attorneys who won a $52 million judgment against Anheuser-Busch...
Dentons Preps for $10M Attorney Fee Dispute Trial
October 28, 2019
A recent NLJ story by C. Ryan Barber, “Dentons Preps for Trial in $10M Fee Suit Against Republic of Guinea,” reports that, more than five years after the law firm Dentons sued the Republic of...
Saudi Company: Delay Tactics Justify Attorney Fees in Arbitral Win
October 25, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Morgan Conley, “Saudi Co. Says Delay Tactics Justify Fees in $5.3M Arbital Win,” reports that a Saudi Arabian company told a Texas federal court that "justice demands" a...