A recent Law 360 story by Matt Bernardini, “Auto Dealer Attys Seek $33M From Latest MDL Settlements,” reports that attorneys for a group of car dealers have asked a Michigan federal court for $33...
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Watts Guerra Seeks $150M in Fees in $1.5B Corn Settlement
August 7, 2018
A recent Texas Lawyer story by Amanda Bronstad, “Mikal Watts Wants One-Third of Expected $500M Fee Corn Settlement,” reports that Texas plaintiffs attorney Mikal Watts is asking for at least $150...
$14M Fee Request in $35M Facebook Deal
August 2, 2018
A recent Law 360 story by Rachel Graf, “Attys in $35M Facebook Deal Seek $14M in Fees, Costs,” reports that attorneys asked a New York federal court for almost $14 million in fees and costs for...
A recent Metropolitan News story, “Ninth Circuit Affirms $46 Million Award Against NCAA,” reports that the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a $41 million attorney fee award against...
A recent New Jersey Law Journal by Charles Toutant, “$160M Settlement Approved in Class Suit Over Reimbursement of Ambulatory Surgical Centers,” reports that a federal judge in Newark has granted...
A recent American Law story by Scott Flaherty, “Report Railing Against Lawyers’ Conduct in State Street Case ‘Unmoored,’ Says Labaton,” reports that a newly unsealed special master’s...
A recent Reuters story by Alison Frankel, “Judge in $3B Petrobras Securities Case Cuts Class Lawyers’ Fees by $100M,” reports that on the attorney fee award in the Petrobras securities class...
A recent NLJ story by Amanda Bronstad, “How a Fee Inquiry Led to Hints of Public Corruption That Have Labaton Fight,” reports that, what began as a judge’s inquiry into a $75 million attorney...
A recent Law 360 story by Bill Wichert, “Attys Awarded $1.3M Fees in Pipe Price Fixing Class Action,” reports that counsel for indirect purchasers of ductile iron pipe fittings have won a New...
Opinion: The Trouble with Lodestar Fee Awards
May 30, 2018
A recent Reuters editorial by Alison Frankel, “The Trouble with Lodestar Fee Awards, Anthem Class Action Edition,” opines on the recent fee request in the Anthem data breach class action. The...