A recent The Recorder story, “Federal Circuit OKs $12 Million Fee Award in ‘Exceptional’ Patent Case,” reports that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has upheld...
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“There’s been a lot of hand-wringing from the tort reform lobby over attorney fees in class actions. Conservatives in the tort reform lobby complain about attorney fees in class...
The Laffey Matrix (pdf) is used as a guideline for attorney fees in courts in the Washington, D.C.-Baltimore area. This fee schedule is also used by some other courts as well. The fee...
Federal Judge Looks to Similar Cases to Award Fees
February 27, 2014
U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow approved a $3.6 million settlement in a stock-drop suit against Coventry Health Care Inc. The class action claimed Coventry executives breached their Employee...
Supreme Court Considers Attorney Fee Shifting in Patent Litigation
February 27, 2014
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases involving the attorney fee provision of 35 U.S.C. § 285. That statute provides that a “court in exceptional cases may award...
Fee Award Tossed Over Billing Records
February 21, 2014
A recent The Recorder story, “Second District Casts Aside Fee Award in Party City Case,” reports that a $350,000 attorney fee award divided among six law firms in a consumer class action...
Lodestar vs. Percentage Method in Prius Class Action
February 1, 2014
A recent blog post in Sheppard Mullin's Class Action Defense Strategy Blog, "Ninth Circuit Rejects Percentage Method to Determine Attorneys' Fees in Class Action Settlement," written by Shannon...
NALFA's Organizational CV
January 29, 2014
The National Association of Legal Fee Analysis (NALFA) is 501(c)(6) non-profit professional association for the legal fee analysis field. Our members provide a range of services on attorney fee...
A recent post in Baker Hostetler’s Employment Class Action Blog, “California District Court Rejects FLSA Settlement Due to 78% Fee Award,” written by Greg Mersol, reflects...
$544.8M Fee Award in Historic Antitrust Settlement
January 13, 2014
A federal judge approved a $5.7 billion class action settlement between merchants and Visa Inc., Mastercard Inc., and a number of banks over credit card swipe fees. The settlement is believed to be...