A recent Legal Intelligencer story, “Third Circuit Adopts Recovery Scheme for Attorney Fee Awards Under ERISA,” reports that litigants who catalyze the defense to change course in an ERISA...
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Archive: 2015
Hausfeld Survives Fee Challenge from NCAA
May 1, 2015
A recent The Recorder story, “Hausfeld to Reap Hefty Fees for NCAA Suit,” reports that a federal judge has signaled he’s likely to award a large chunk of the $50 million requested by...
The New Jersey Exxon class action settlement has come under broad criticism, as lawmakers and environmentalist have questioned why the state of New Jersey would agree to accept only $225 million...
Report: Spike in Patent Attorney Fee Awards Post-Octane
April 28, 2015
A recent PatLit blog post by David Berry of Brooks Kushman PC, “Data Shows Spike in Patent Attorney Fee Motions and Awards After Octane,” reports on an increase in attorney fee...
NALFA would like to welcome Bottomline Technologies to our membership. Bottomline Technologies is one of the charter members of NALFA. NALFA certifies Bottomline Technologies as a...
Fifth Circuit Tosses Controversial Attorney Fee Rule
April 20, 2015
A recent Texas Lawyer story, “Fifth Circuit Kills Controversial Attorney Fee Rule,” reports that, in a decision that will come as a relief to Texas bankruptcy lawyers, the U.S. Court of...
Federal Circuit: Misconduct Might Merit Attorney Fees
April 13, 2015
A recent NLJ story, “’Misconduct’ Might Merit Attorney Fees, Circuit Rules,” reports that a federal judge abused her discretion in denying attorney fees to a patent litigant...
An upcoming Columbia Law Review article by law professors Lynn Baker and Charles Silver of the University of Texas and Michael Perino of St. John’s University entitled “Is the Price Right:...
Ohio is Latest State to Seek to Cap Fees for Outside Counsel
March 25, 2015
A recent Columbus Dispatch story, “Ohio Senate OKs Cap on Contingency Fees to Outside Lawyers,” reports that a move to make Ohio the latest to cap what the state can pay outside lawyers in...
Nearly $1B AIG Securities Settlement Yields $120M Fee Award
March 23, 2015
A recent Reuters story, “AIG Investors’ $970.5 Million Settlement Wins U.S. Court Approval,” reports that American International Group Inc shareholders won approval of a $970.5...