The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that lawyers who file claims on behalf of clients alleging injury from a vaccine may recover their legal fees even if the claim is untimely. In Sebelius v. Cloer...
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A recent Thomson Reuters story, “Courts Voids HP Printer Settlement, Cites Legal Fees,” reports that a divided federal appeals court voided a class action settlement between...
A recent The Recorder story, “In Netflix Captioning Case, an Unexpected Fee Fight,” reports that both sides are claiming victory in a disability rights class action against Netflix Inc.,...
NALFA's 18 Attorney Fee Award Factors
May 2, 2013
NALFA has identified 18 factors in court awarded attorney fees. Several of these fee factors draw from seminal fee jurisprudence cases Goldberger v. Integrated Resources and Johnson v. Georgia...
A recent Thomson Reuters story, “Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Can Seek Fees from State Lawyers in Vioxx MDL,” reports that a federal judge has ruled that lawyers for individuals who sued...
A recent Corporate Counsel story, “In M&A Litigation, Attorneys’ Fees Under Attack?,” reports that three court decisions last month have taken aim at plaintiffs’ attorney...
Penn. Supreme Court: Legal Bills Can Be Disclosed
April 26, 2013
A recent Legal Intelligencer story, “Client Identities, Legal Bills Can Be Disclosed, Court Rules,” reports that the disclosure of client identities is only protected by the...
Class counsel are seeking attorney fees of $720 million and $27 million in expenses in the Visa/MasterCard Merchant Antitrust MDL. The fee request represents 10 percent of the estimated value of...
8th Circuit: Split Outcome Means No One Gets Attorney Fees
April 11, 2013
A recent NLJ story, “Split Outcome to Contract Beef Means No One Gets Attorney Fees,” reports that a federal appeals court nixed competing $2.7 million and $1.3 million in attorney fees...
A recent Reuters story, “Judge Singles out Ohio Firm in Trimming Fee Award in BofA Case,” reports that the judge who gave his blessing to Bank of America’s $2.43 billion...