January 28, 2013
A recent Forbes story, “Citigroup Plaintiff Lawyers Fire Back at Fee Objectors,” reports that lawyers seeking nearly $100 million in attorney fees for negotiating a $500 million settlement...
November 2, 2012
A recent New Jersey Law Journal story, “J&J Shareholders’ Suit Settles; $10M in Fees, Costs Expected,” reports that Johnson & Johnson has agreed to ramp up oversight of...
Szaferman Lakind Blumstein Blader & Lehman v. Parise in Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, is summarized as follows: Facts: Defendants retained Plaintiff attorneys in an underlying...
October 1, 2012
A recent Thomson Reuters story, “Plaintiffs’ Firms Plan for $150M in Fees in BofA Case,” reports that plaintiffs’ law firms at the center of the $2.43 billion class action...
September 24, 2012
There's been a lot of hand-wringing by the WSJ and Thomson Reuters News over big attorney fee awards in recent shareholder class actions. See “Foretelling the End of Money-for-Nothing...
September 5, 2012
A recent Thomson Reuters story, “J&J Faces Settlement Objection From Ted Frank,” reports that Ted Frank, a professional fee objector and tort reform lobbyist, who frequently...
A recent New Jersey Law Journal story, “Firm Wins $2.3M in Fees in Suit Over Insurance Coverage of Eating Disorders,” reports that Nagel Rice, LLP was awarded $2.3 million in attorney fees...
November 28, 2011
On November 17, 2011, NALFA hosted The Attorney Fees Conference at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. The conference featured 3 sitting judges, top trial lawyers, and attorney fee experts...
November 1, 2011
In today's litigation practice, the economics of attorney fees has never been more important. With the rise in fee-shifting litigation and the growing body of attorney fee law, attorney fees...
September 7, 2011
Outside legal bill auditors are often retained by insurance carriers, law firms, corporations, government agencies, and municipalities to review legal invoices in underlying litigation or...
