A recent ABA Journal story, “Slashing $26M in Legal Fees from Citigroup Case, Judge Cites $550/hr Charge for $15/hr Contract Work” reports that a federal judge has slashed by 27 percent...
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A recent Litigation Management Blog post, “Courts Must Show Their Work When Calculating Attorney Fees,” by David McMahon, reports on a recent decision by the Ninth Circuit. In...
Judge Approves $200M in Fees in $1.6B Toyota Settlement
July 20, 2013
A recent law.com story, “$1.6 Billion Toyota Settlement Win Final Approval,” reports that U.S. District Judge James Selna in Santa Ana, Calif. approved a $1.6 billion settlement...
Fee Dispute Emerges in Landmark Indian Trust Settlement
July 18, 2013
A recent BLT Blog post, “Fee Fight Emerges in Landmark Indian Trust Case,” reports that a nonprofit that said it gave millions of dollars in grants to support the massive Indian trust...
MGA-Orrick Fee Dispute Settles; Terms Private
July 17, 2013
A recent NLJ story, “Orrick Settles Fee Fight With Doll Maker; Terms Secret,” reports that Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe has settled a fee dispute with former client MGA Entertainment...
$90M in Fees Awarded in Black Farmers Class Action
July 11, 2013
A recent BLT Blog post, “Judge Awards $90.8M in Fees in Black Farmers Class Action,” reports that a federal judge in Washington has awarded $90.8 million in attorney fees to the plaintiff...
A federal judge in New York approved a hotly disputed fee request for lawyers who negotiated a $217 million settlement with Madoff “feeder funds.” In a 43-page opinion, U.S. District...
Attorneys Earn $50M in Flonase Antitrust Class Action
June 17, 2013
A recent Legal Intelligencer story, “Judge OKs $150M Settlement in Flonase Class Action,” reports that a federal judge has approved a $150 million settlement by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) of a...
A California appeals court has upheld an attorney fee award of nearly $3 million against RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company in an action for the historic 1998 multi-state tobacco settlement. The court...
A recent Thomson Reuters story, “Courts Voids HP Printer Settlement, Cites Legal Fees,” reports that a divided federal appeals court voided a class action settlement between...