A recent Thomson Reuters story, “Funder Sues Plaintiffs’ Lawyer for $28M in LCD Class Action Fees,” reports that the law firm lender LFG National Capital filed a suit in federal...
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A recent Corporate Counsel story, “In M&A Litigation, Attorneys’ Fees Under Attack?,” reports that three court decisions last month have taken aim at plaintiffs’ attorney...
A recent The American Lawyer story, “With Record Settlement Under Fire, Lawyers in Credit Card Case Ask for $720 Million in Fees,” quoted NALFA as the expert source for...
Court Awards $15M in Attorney Fees in AIG Class Action
April 12, 2013
A recent New York Law Journal story, “U.S. Judge Approves $115M Settlement in AIG Class Action,” reports that a federal judge in Manhattan yesterday approved a $115 million settlement...
A recent Reuters story, “Judge Singles out Ohio Firm in Trimming Fee Award in BofA Case,” reports that the judge who gave his blessing to Bank of America’s $2.43 billion...
The National Association of Legal Fee Analysis (NALFA) has launched a new pilot project that focuses on attorney fees in MDLs. Our objective is to work with courts to publish attorney fee award...
A recent Thomson Reuters story, “Court Awards $310M in Attorneys’ Fees in LCD Case,” reports that dozens of law firms that obtained more than $1 billion in settlements in a...
A recent BLT blog post, “Judge Cuts Fees for Plaintiffs’ Lawyers in LivingSocial Settlement,” reports that, citing inefficient staffing and high hourly rates, U.S. District Judge...
In a civil rights case, Padgett v. Loventhal, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit overruled a decision of a trial court, and remanded the case for further consideration. U.S....
PA Justices Rule Peer Review Precludes Attorney Fee Awards
February 26, 2013
A recent Legal Intelligencer story, “Justices Rule Peer Review Precludes Attorney Fee Award,” reports that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that an insurer cannot be ordered to pay...