A recent Law 360 story by Dorothy Atkins, “9th Circ. Oks Facebook Class’s $98M Fee Win in Privacy Fight” reports that the Ninth Circuit affirmed class counsel's $97.5 million fee award for...
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A recent Law 360 story by Clark Mindock, “Ga. Justices Allow Double Recovery of Atty Fees” reports that the Georgia Supreme Court affirmed that a car wreck plaintiff can recover attorney fees and...
A recent Law 360 story by Carolina Bolado, “Philip Morris Asks Fla. High Court To Take Up Fee Award Case” reports that Philip Morris is urging the Florida Supreme Court to take up its appeal of a...
Article: The Holder Rule and Attorneys’ Fees
February 24, 2022
A recent article by Alan D. Wingfield, David Anthony, Timothy St. George, Ethan Ostroff, Scott Kelly, and Sarah Siu of Troutman Pepper LLP, “The Holder Rule and Attorneys’ Fees: The FTC Speaks”...
Philip Morris Attorneys Earn $575K Fee Award in E-Cig Suit
February 23, 2022
A recent Law 360 story by Lauren Berg, “Philip Morris Attys Nab $575K Fee in Extinguished E-Cig Suit” reports that a Georgia federal judge on awarded Philip Morris $575,000 in attorney fees after...
Some Defense Fees are Shifted in Flawed IP Case
February 21, 2022
A recent Law 360 story by Jeff Montgomery, “Some Defense Fees Are Shifted to Wi-LAN for Case Flaws” reports that Wi-LAN Inc. must pay a substantial share of the defense costs Vizio Inc. and Sharp...
Ninth Circuit Considers Class Counsel’s $98M Attorney Fee Win
February 17, 2022
A recent Law 360 story by Dorothy Atkins, “Facebook Class’s $98M Fee Win ‘Outrageous,’ 9th Circ. Told” reports that objectors' counsel urged the Ninth Circuit to throw out class counsel's...
Hagens Berman Defends $31M Fee Award Before Fifth Circuit
February 16, 2022
A recent Law 360 story by Emma Cueto, “Hagen Berman Defends $31M Fee Award at 9th Circ.” reports that Hagens Berman told the Ninth Circuit that its fee award from a $205 million settlement in a...
Fifth Circuit Erases $500K Fee Award to Liberty Mutual
February 15, 2022
A recent Reuters story by Barbara Grzincic, “5th Circuit Erases $526,000 Fee Award to Liberty Mutual” reports that Liberty Mutual made a six-figure mistake by suing the Housing Authority of New...
Federal Circuit Considers Attorney Fees in Tossed IP Action
February 11, 2022
A recent Law 360 story by J. Edward Moreno, “Netflix Is Owed Atty Fees In Tossed IP Suit, Fed. Circ. Told,” reports that a Federal Circuit panel questioned whether Netflix is owed $400,000 in...