A recent The American Lawyer story, “With Record Settlement Under Fire, Lawyers in Credit Card Case Ask for $720 Million in Fees,” quoted NALFA as the expert source for...
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Archive: 2013
Court Awards $15M in Attorney Fees in AIG Class Action
April 12, 2013
A recent New York Law Journal story, “U.S. Judge Approves $115M Settlement in AIG Class Action,” reports that a federal judge in Manhattan yesterday approved a $115 million settlement...
8th Circuit: Split Outcome Means No One Gets Attorney Fees
April 11, 2013
A recent NLJ story, “Split Outcome to Contract Beef Means No One Gets Attorney Fees,” reports that a federal appeals court nixed competing $2.7 million and $1.3 million in attorney fees...
A recent Reuters story, “Judge Singles out Ohio Firm in Trimming Fee Award in BofA Case,” reports that the judge who gave his blessing to Bank of America’s $2.43 billion...
The National Association of Legal Fee Analysis (NALFA) has launched a new pilot project that focuses on attorney fees in MDLs. Our objective is to work with courts to publish attorney fee award...
A recent Thomson Reuters story, “Court Awards $310M in Attorneys’ Fees in LCD Case,” reports that dozens of law firms that obtained more than $1 billion in settlements in a...
A recent Thomson Reuters story, “Attorneys Defend $53M in Fees Sought in Dairy Antitrust Settlement,” reports that attorneys for a class of dairy farmers are seeking final court approval...
A recent BLT blog post, “Judge Cuts Fees for Plaintiffs’ Lawyers in LivingSocial Settlement,” reports that, citing inefficient staffing and high hourly rates, U.S. District Judge...
DLA Responds to Overbilling Charge
April 1, 2013
DLA Piper has issued a memo (pdf) is response to The New York Times story, “Suit Offers a Peek at the Practice of Inflating a Legal Bill” and in response to the suit, DLA Piper v....
A recent Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists (ACEDS) story, “Law Firm’s Big Markup of Contract Review Fees Sparks Client Attack, US Court Scrutiny,” reported on the use...