NALFA News Blog covers important news on attorney fees and legal billing matters, including state and federal attorney fee jurisprudence throughout the U.S. Here are some of the most consequential attorney fee headlines of 2016:
Largest MDL Fee Award: $555.2M in BP Settlements
NCUA Paid Over $1B in Legal Fees to Pursue Banks in Subprime Mortgage Crash
$175M in Attorney Fees in VW Emission Class Action
CA Supreme Court Allows Class Action Fee Awards Based on Settlement Size
$158M Fee Award in Price-Fixing MDL
New Record for Bankruptcy Fees: $2 Billion
$115M Fee Request Dispute in Chinese Drywall MDL
SCOTUS Allows Fee Award Without ‘Prevailing’
Judge Approves $1B Settlement with 8.5 Percent to Attorney Fees