A recent The Recorder story, “Judge Awards Fees in Apple Warranty Litigation,” reports that lawyers who sued Apple Inc. for denying warranty coverage will receive $13.25 million in...
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in the case of John M. Dewey et al. v. Volkswagen of America Inc. et al. upheld a $9.2 million attorney fee award in a class action against Volkswagen...
Seventh Circuit Reaffirms Lodestar Method in Class Actions
April 10, 2014
A recent National Law Review article, “Seventh Circuit Affirms Lodestar Method to Determine Attorneys’ Fees in TCPA Class Action,” by Sheppard Mullin Associate David M. Poell, writes...
A recent The Recorder story, “Federal Circuit OKs $12 Million Fee Award in ‘Exceptional’ Patent Case,” reports that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has upheld...
“There’s been a lot of hand-wringing from the tort reform lobby over attorney fees in class actions. Conservatives in the tort reform lobby complain about attorney fees in class...
Federal Judge Looks to Similar Cases to Award Fees
February 27, 2014
U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow approved a $3.6 million settlement in a stock-drop suit against Coventry Health Care Inc. The class action claimed Coventry executives breached their Employee...
Lodestar vs. Percentage Method in Prius Class Action
February 1, 2014
A recent blog post in Sheppard Mullin's Class Action Defense Strategy Blog, "Ninth Circuit Rejects Percentage Method to Determine Attorneys' Fees in Class Action Settlement," written by Shannon...
A recent post in Baker Hostetler’s Employment Class Action Blog, “California District Court Rejects FLSA Settlement Due to 78% Fee Award,” written by Greg Mersol, reflects...
$544.8M Fee Award in Historic Antitrust Settlement
January 13, 2014
A federal judge approved a $5.7 billion class action settlement between merchants and Visa Inc., Mastercard Inc., and a number of banks over credit card swipe fees. The settlement is believed to be...
$112.5M in Attorney Fees Sought in NFL Concussion Settlement
January 11, 2014
The NFL may pay as much as $112.5 million in attorney fees to class counsel in the proposed NFL concussion settlement. The attorney fees and expenses will not come out of the $765...