A recent article by Judge Marina Corodemus and Mark Eveland, “Four Ways Plaintiffs’ Firm Can Prevent Common Benefit Fund Fee Disputes”, reports on ways plaintiffs’ firms can prevent common...
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Category: Fee Jurisprudence
Article: The Changing Landscape of Fees in Securities Class Actions
December 11, 2023
A recent Law 360 article by Edward Flores, “The Shifting Landscape of Securities Class Action Fees”, reports on the changing landscape of attorney fees in securities class actions. This article...
Article: Understanding Attorney Fee-Shifting to Mitigate Risk
December 5, 2023
A recent Business Insurance article by Iran Valentin and Allison Scott, “Perspectives: Understanding Attorney Fee Shifting to Mitigate Exposures”, reports on the importance of understanding...
NY Court: Policyholder May Recoup Attorney Fees
December 4, 2023
A recent Law.com story by Emily Saul, “’Policyholders May Recoup Attorney Fees If Insurer Fails in Contesting Duty to Indemnify”, reports that an insurer defending a policyholder in litigation...
SCOTUS to Hear Attorney Fees Under the Copyright Act
December 1, 2023
A recent Law 360 story by Katie Buehler, “’Petition Watch: NLRB GC Authority, Copyright Atty Fees”, reports that Toy maker Hasbro Inc. asked the justices in a Nov. 20 petition to reverse a...
Judge: Vague Billing Justifies 10 Percent Cut in Attorney Fees
November 29, 2023
A recent Law 360 story by Beverly Bank, “’Vague’ Billing Justifies 10% Cut in Atty Fees, Judge Says”, reports that a federal magistrate judge recommended slashing an Iron Workers' benefits...
Article: Exploring the American Rule on Attorney Fees
November 27, 2023
A recent Law.com article, “’Exploring the American Rule on Attorney Fees”, reports on the American Rule doctrine and the limits of the offer of judgment rule in New Jersey. The article...
Judge: $1700 Hourly Rate for the Richmond, VA Market is Unrealistic
November 24, 2023
A recent Law.com story by Allison Dunn, “Judge Rejects Quinn Emanuel’s $1700 Hourly Rate Request, Slashing Fees for Virginia Settlement By Nearly 80%”, reports that a federal judge in Virginia...
Deep Attorney Fee Cuts, Judge Citing Billing Deficiencies
November 21, 2023
A recent Law 360 story by Dorothy Atkins, “’Alcon’s $1.2M Sanctions Fee Bid For Its MoFo Attys Slashed”, reports that a New York federal judge slashed Alcon Vision's $1.17 million fee request...
Ninth Circuit: DOL Doesn’t Owe Attorney Fees
November 16, 2023
A recent Law 360 story by Kellie Mejdrich, “9th Circ. Says DOL Doesn’t Owe Atty Fees in Stock Plan Case”, reports that the U.S. Department of Labor doesn't have to pay an architecture firm's...