A recent New York Law Journal story, “Panel Vacates $200K Attorney Fee for JHO’s Lack of Records,” reports that a nearly $200,000 attorney fee award was vacated by an appellate...
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Archive: 2015
A recent The Record story, “Federal Circuit Signals Nuisance Settlements Should Factor in Fee-Shifting,” reports that two judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit...
A recent Global Post story, “Judge OKs Activision $275 Million Shareholder Settlement, $72 Million for Lawyers,” reports that a Delaware judge approved a $275 million shareholder...
A recent New York Law Journal story, “Magistrate Cuts ‘Princely’ Fee Proposal by 80 Percent,” reports that a federal magistrate judge approved a $1.375 million class...
Attorney Fee Trends in MDL: What is "Common?"
May 19, 2015
A recent law firm blog post, “Attorney Fee Trends in Multidistrict Litigation: What is ‘Common?’”, by Alicia M. Raines and Jennifer R. Tudor of Barnes & Thornburg LLP...
AMEX Gambles on Attorney Fees in Antitrust Appeal
May 18, 2015
A recent New York Law Journal story, “AmEx Agrees to Pay States’ Legal Fees if Appeal Fails,” reports that American Express has agreed to pay 17 states $3.65 million in legal...
Water District Struggles to Pay its Legal Bills
May 15, 2015
A recent L.A. Times story, “Water District Found Itself Drowning in Steep Legal Fees,” reports that, facing a lawsuit from cities over its pumping rates, the Water Replenishment...
A recent Texas Lawyer story, “Bills Suggest Attorney Fee Cap in Declaratory Actions,” reports that a pair of bills propose a $250,000 cap on attorney fees in declaratory actions...
What Patent Attorney Fee Awards Really Look Like
May 13, 2015
A recent article, “What Patent Attorney Fee Awards Really Look Like,” by Saurabh Vishnubhakat published in the Duke Law Journal Online, studies attorney fee awards in patent...
A recent Law 360 story, “Judge Halves ‘Absurd’ $6M McCune Wright Fee Bid in Kia MDL,” reports that a federal judge pumped the brakes on McCune Wright’s request for...