A recent Law 360 story by Lynn LaRowe, “RJ Reynolds Faces Fees Bid Despite Beating $16M Fla. Verdict, reports that the Florida Supreme Court said that R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.'s rejection of a...
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A recent Law.com story by Avalon Zoppo, “Attorney Fees Cannot Exceed Value to Class, 9th Circuit Makes Clear in Copyright Case,” reports that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit made...
A recent Law 360 story by Hope Patti, “Insurer Says It Controls Defense in Fox’s Asbestos Injury Row,” reports that Twentieth Century Fox must allow an AIG unit to select defense counsel in an...
A recent Law 360 story by James Mills, “Appeals Court Says Calif. Firm Must Share Fees With Ex-Atty,” reports that a California state appellate panel held that an attorney's fee sharing agreement...
Groupon Calls Attorney Fee Request ‘Unreasonable’
May 29, 2023
A recent Law 360 story by Leslie Pappas, “Groupon Calls Fee Bid For Del. Settlement ‘Unreasonable’,” reports that attorneys for shareholders who sued Groupon Inc. in Delaware's Court of...
NJ Law Firm Wins Billing Increments Challenge
May 25, 2023
A recent Law 360 by George Woolston, “NJ Firm Keeps Victory In Retainer Fee Billing Challenge,” reports that the New Jersey state appeals court has backed Arbus Maybruch & Goode LLC's win in...
Ninth Circuit to Decide on Common Benefit Fees
May 23, 2023
A recent Reuters article by Alison Frankel, “Appeals Court Will Decide If Lawyers Can Evade Common Fund Fees in Consolidated Cases,” reports on common fund fees in class actions and MDLs. The...
A recent Law 360 by Elliot Weld, “Spanish IT Provider Asks Court to Confirm $14M Award,” reports that a spanish information technology provider Amadeus IT Group asked an Atlanta federal court to...
A recent Law 360 by Ganesh Setty, “11th Circ. Says No Attorney Fees for Cos. In Tossed Insurance Suit,” reports that a home builder and contractor accused of faulty stucco work can't seek...
A recent Law 360 by Gina Kim, “Joint Juice Maker Rips Class Attys’ ‘Overstated’ $8.3M Fee Bid,” reports that Premier Nutrition asked a California federal judge to cut $2.4 million from...