A recent Thomson Reuters story, “Attorneys Defend $53M in Fees Sought in Dairy Antitrust Settlement,” reports that attorneys for a class of dairy farmers are seeking final court approval...
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A recent BLT blog post, “Judge Cuts Fees for Plaintiffs’ Lawyers in LivingSocial Settlement,” reports that, citing inefficient staffing and high hourly rates, U.S. District Judge...
New York AG Blasts $42M Fee Request in Madoff Case
March 11, 2013
A recent New York Law Journal story, “A.G. Blasts Fee Request From Counsel Madoff Investors,” reports that Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has blasted as unreasonable and “wildly...
In a civil rights case, Padgett v. Loventhal, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit overruled a decision of a trial court, and remanded the case for further consideration. U.S....
A recent Thomson Reuters Legal story, “Plaintiff can Recoup Fees after State Voluntarily Concedes,” reports that a New York appeals court held that the state’s Equal Access of...
Hourly Contract Lawyers Must Disclose Wage Rate
March 4, 2013
A recent ABA Journal story, “Law Firm Billing Contract Lawyers at $1K Hourly must Reveal what they were Paid, Federal Judge Says,” reports that a federal judge in Manhattan ruled in...
PA Justices Rule Peer Review Precludes Attorney Fee Awards
February 26, 2013
A recent Legal Intelligencer story, “Justices Rule Peer Review Precludes Attorney Fee Award,” reports that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that an insurer cannot be ordered to pay...
3rd Circuit Tosses Antitrust Settlement over $14M in Attorney Fees
February 22, 2013
A recent New Jersey Star-Ledger story, “Toys R Us Antitrust Settlement Tossed Over $14 million in Attorney Fees,” reports that a federal appeals court held up a $35.5 million...
$300M Fee Allocation Dispute in Flat Panel MDL
January 31, 2013
With a federal judge set to approve $308 million in attorney fees in one of the LCD price-fixing class actions, two prominent San Francisco antitrust lawyers are in a feud over their share of the...
NALFA Files Amicus Brief in Louisiana Supreme Court in Historic Case
January 21, 2013
Today, the National Association of Legal Fee Analysis (NALFA) filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court of Louisiana. NALFA filed the Motion for Leave (pdf) and Amicus Curiae Brief (pdf) in...