A recent NLJ story, “Despite Quibbles, Plaintiffs’ Firms Like Estimate of Bluetooth Fees” reports that plaintiffs’ attorneys in the Motorola Bluetooth headset litigation, whose...
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A recent The Recorder story, “Justice Grapple with Attorney Fee Awards in Rest Break Suit,” reports that after wading into the latest wage-and-hour suit, the state Supreme Court sounded...
NJ Rejects Perdue, Reaffirms Fee Analysis in Rendine
January 31, 2012
A New Jersey Law Journal story, “Court Upholds Rendine Fee Shifting, Declining to Follow U.S. High Court” reports that the New Jersey Supreme Court reaffirmed its nearly two decade old...
Florida Supreme Court: Insuers Not Obligated to Pay Losing Policyholders' Attorney Fees
January 23, 2012
A recent Insurance Journal story, “Florida Supreme Court Rules Guaranty Fund Not Responsible for Legal Fees” reports that Florida’s high court has ruled that the state fund charged...
A recent NLJ story, “Federal Circuit Upholds $4.7M Fee Award to Cordis Over MarcTec’s Litigation Misconduct” reports that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has upheld...
Judge Reduces Fees in Patent Case
November 30, 2011
A recent Legal Intelligencer story, “Western District Judge Slashes Attorney Fees in Patent Case” reports that a federal judge awarded less than half of the requested attorney fees for the...
Three Sitting Judges Address Economics of Attorney Fee Awards
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...
New Jersey Supreme Court to Review Enhanced Fee Rule
October 27, 2011
A recent New Jersey Law Journal post, “N.J. High Court Mulls Federal Fee-Shifting Rule That Could Spell Doom for Rendine” reports that the New Jersey Supreme Court on Tuesday took up...
Judge Slashes $4.7M Fee Request in Prius Class Action
October 18, 2011
A recent NLJ story, “Judge Slashes ‘Highly Unreasonable’ Fee Request in Prius Highlight Case” reports that a federal judge in Los Angeles struck down the proposed attorney fees...
NALFA in the News: Quoted As Industry Source in Reuters News
September 23, 2011
A Thomson Reuters News story, “Cuomo Considering Law Change on Class Action Attorneys’ Fees”, reports that lawyers in New York who successful challenge class action settlements on...