A recent Law 360 story by Lynn LaRowe, “RJ Reynolds Faces Fees Bid Despite Beating $16M Fla. Verdict, reports that the Florida Supreme Court said that R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.'s rejection of a...
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Environ Groups Ask Ninth Circuit for Fees in Hydro Suits
June 16, 2023
A recent Law 360 story by Peter McGuire, “Green Groups Ask 9th Circ. for $390K in Fees in Hydro Suits”, reports that California conservation groups have told the Ninth Circuit they should receive...
A recent Law.com story by Avalon Zoppo, “Attorney Fees Cannot Exceed Value to Class, 9th Circuit Makes Clear in Copyright Case,” reports that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit made...
A recent Law 360 story by Greg Lamm, “Edelson, Tousley Brain Land $121M Fees in Online Casino Suit,” reports that attorneys from Edelson PC were awarded nearly $121.5 million in attorney fees by...
A recent Law 360 story by Madeline Lyskawa, “Atty Trashed Time Records, Spa Says in $1.15 Fee Fight,” reports that an Atlanta-based airport travel spa operator urged a Georgia appellate court to...
A recent Law 360 story by James Boyle, “Pa. Attys Get $400K in Fees For $1.2M Retaliation Award,” reports that a team led by lawyers from Pittsburgh-based O'Brien Coleman & Wright LLC received...
Groupon Calls Attorney Fee Request ‘Unreasonable’
May 29, 2023
A recent Law 360 story by Leslie Pappas, “Groupon Calls Fee Bid For Del. Settlement ‘Unreasonable’,” reports that attorneys for shareholders who sued Groupon Inc. in Delaware's Court of...
A recent Law 360 by Sydney Price, “Attys Get $37M For Landing Forex Rigging Deals,” reports that a New York federal judge awarded $36.8 million in attorney fees to counsel for investors who...
Ninth Circuit to Decide on Common Benefit Fees
May 23, 2023
A recent Reuters article by Alison Frankel, “Appeals Court Will Decide If Lawyers Can Evade Common Fund Fees in Consolidated Cases,” reports on common fund fees in class actions and MDLs. The...
A recent Law 360 by Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, “CSX Hits Back at $14M Atty Fee Bid in Norfolk Southern Case,” reports that CSX Transportation Inc. has urged a Virginia federal judge not to award...