A recent Law 360 article by Warren Jackson, “Calif. Ruling Shows That Prevailing Party Wins Can Be Pyrrhic,” reports on a recent court ruling in California on prevailing party issues in...
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Archive: 2021
NALFA Survey: Hourly Rate Data Distribution is Not Bell-Shaped
August 21, 2021
NALFA recently released the results from our 2020 Litigation Hourly Rate Survey. The results, published in The 2020 Litigation Hourly Rate Survey & Report, contains billing rate data on the very...
USTP Opposes Chapter 11 Fees for MTE Service Providers
August 20, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Jeff Montgomery, “US Trustee Opposes Ch. 11 Fees For MTE Service Providers”, reports that the Office of the U.S. Trustee opposed a $2 million fee award for the ad hoc...
Eighth Circuit Tosses $1 FLSA Attorney Fee Award
August 19, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Max Kutner, “8th Circ. Axes $1 Atty Fee Award in FLSA Case”, reports that counsel for workers who settled overtime claims against a pipe manufacturer are set to get more...
Law Firm Wants Attorney Fee Dispute in Arbitration
August 18, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Caroline Simson, “King & Spalding Says Fee Fight Must Be Arbitrated”, reports that King & Spalding is urging a Texas court to force a former client to arbitrate...
Class Counsel Seek $4.3M in Fees in ERISA Settlement
August 17, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Rachel Stone, “Columbia Workers’ Counsel Want $4.3M For ERISA Deal”, reports that a class of Columbia University workers and retirees asked a New York federal court for...
Second Circuit Urged to Undo Attorney Fee Denial in IP Action
August 16, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Tiffany Hu, “2nd Circ. Urged to Undo Fee Denial in Instagram Picture Fight”, reports that the Second Circuit was urged to overturn a New York federal judge's refusal to...
Indian Tribe Asks To Lower Attorney Fees in Embezzlement Scheme
August 15, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Diamond Naga Siu, “Paskenta Band Asks To Lower Embezzlement Suit Atty Fees”, reports that the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians asked a California federal judge to lower...
3 Law Firms Seek ‘Mootness Fees’ in Investor Suit
August 14, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Rose Krebs, “3 Firms Seek Fee For Mooted ViacomCBS Board Suit in Del”, reports that Cooch & Taylor, Glancy Prongay & Murray, and Kranenburg have asked the...
Class Counsel Defend Fee Request in Subaru Windshield
August 13, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Jeannie O’Sullivan, “Subaru Windshield Class Counsel Defend $515K Fee Bid”, reports that Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP and Greenstone Law PC sought to justify their...