A recent Law 360 story by Dave Simpson, “Attys Denied $12M Fees From ‘Modest At Best’ Facebook Deal,” reports that a California federal declined a bid for $12 million in fees for lawyers...
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A recent Law 360 story by Mike Curley, “10th Circ. Won’t Undo Samsung Washer Settlement Over Fees,” reports that the Tenth Circuit refused to toss a settlement that ended multidistrict...
A recent The American Lawyer story by Dan Roe, “Kirkland and Weil’s Fees in Chapter 11 Work Highlight Big Law Allure to Bankruptcy,” reports that even as the number of commercial Chapter 11...
A recent Law 360 story by Rachel Schart, “MiMedx Slams Quinn Emanuel Fees As 2 Other Firms Settle,” reports that MiMedx has accused Quinn Emanuel of seeking unreasonable fees, including for...
NJ Law Firm Wins Challenge to Attorney Fee Award
May 4, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Nick Muscavage, “Genova Burns Beats Ex-Client’s Challenge To Fee Award,” reports that a New Jersey appellate court has found that Genova Burns LLC is still entitled to...
A recent Law 360 story by Brett Barrauquere, “Safeco Tells 11th Circ. Atty Fees Aren’t Damages,” reports that Safeco Insurance wants the Eleventh Circuit to affirm a lower court ruling that...
3 Firms Give Up $1M in Fees in Purdue Bankruptcy
May 1, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Justin Wise, “3 Firms Give Up $1M in Fees From Purdue Ch. 11,” reports that Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, WilmerHale and Dechert LLP have agreed to a...
Quinn Emanuel Wins $14M in Attorney Fees in $5M Trial Case
April 30, 2021
A recent Law.com story by Nate Robson, “Quinn Emanuel Wins $14M in Legal Fees for Client’s $5M Case,” reports that Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan landed nearly $14 million in legal fees...
Federal Circuit Weighs in on EAJA Fee Awards in Partial Wins
April 29, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Hailey Konnath, “Fed. Circ. Weights in on EAJA Fees in Partial Wins,” reports that the Federal Circuit issued a precedential decision clarifying that the government is...
Judge Sanctioned for Eating Lunch With Firm Seeking Fees
April 28, 2021
A recent Texas Lawyer story by Angela Morris, “No Free Lunch? Judge Sanctioned for Eating Meal From Firm Seeking $2M in Fees,” reports that a judge who ate for free at a law firm’s...