$146M Fee Request in Citigroup Bondholder Case
June 11, 2013
A recent Thomson Reuters story, “Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Seek $146M in Fees in Citi Case,” reports that lawyers who secured a $730 million class action settlement for Citigroup Inc...
June 11, 2013
A recent Thomson Reuters story, “Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Seek $146M in Fees in Citi Case,” reports that lawyers who secured a $730 million class action settlement for Citigroup Inc...
June 11, 2013
A recent Legal Intelligencer story, “Third Circuit Sets New Precedent on Attorney Fees,” reports that setting new precedent on attorney fee recovery in the Third Circuit, the appeals court...
June 4, 2013
A recent NLJ story, “Use of Contingent Fees Challenged in Robo-Signing Case,” reports that the Nevada Supreme Court is expected to take up arguments in a high-profile robo-signing case in...
June 3, 2013
A recent ABA Journal story, “New Mini-Wheats Settlement Get Preliminary OK; Deal Value Dropped, But Not Attorney Fees,” reports that U.S. District Judge Irma Gonzalez gave preliminary...
A recent Thomson Reuters story, “Judge: Kentucky AG Can Use Contingency Fee Lawyers in Case vs Merck,” reports that U.S. District Judge Danny Reeves ruled, in a 33-page opinion (pdf), that...
A California appeals court has upheld an attorney fee award of nearly $3 million against RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company in an action for the historic 1998 multi-state tobacco settlement. The court...
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that lawyers who file claims on behalf of clients alleging injury from a vaccine may recover their legal fees even if the claim is untimely. In Sebelius v. Cloer...
May 25, 2013
In Alabama, The Transparency in Private Attorneys Contract Act (TiPAC), seeks to regulate contingency fee contracts and cap attorney fees for private attorneys hired by the state of Alabama. The...
A recent Thomson Reuters story, “Courts Voids HP Printer Settlement, Cites Legal Fees,” reports that a divided federal appeals court voided a class action settlement between...
A recent NLJ story, “Objections Mount to $1.6 Billion Toyota Settlement,” reports that potential class members in the sudden acceleration litigation against Toyota Motor Corp. have filed...