The National Association of Legal Fee Analysis (NALFA) has launched a new pilot project that focuses on attorney fees in MDLs. Our objective is to work with courts to publish attorney fee award...
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A recent Thomson Reuters story, “Court Awards $310M in Attorneys’ Fees in LCD Case,” reports that dozens of law firms that obtained more than $1 billion in settlements in a...
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...
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...
A recent NLJ story, “Judge Grants Final Approval of $25.5M Settlement in Shareholder Case,” reports that U.S. District Judge Dale Fischer in Los Angeles has granted final approval of a...
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...
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...
Plaintiffs' Attorneys Seek $4M for Work in Asbestos Settlement
February 21, 2013
A recent The Montana Standard story, “Attorneys in Asbestos Settlement Seek $4M in Fees,” reports that attorneys for asbestos victims in a Montana mining town are seeking more than $4...
Study: Contingency Fee System Promotes Access and Efficiency
February 11, 2013
A recent study from NYU Law School’s The Center for Justice and Democracy (CJ&D), “Courthouse Cornerstone: Contingency Fees and Their Importance for Everyday Americans (pdf),”...
Lawyers Earn $181M in $1.2B Pharmaceutical Settlement
February 1, 2013
A recent AP story, “Arkansas Judge Affirms $181 Million in Legal Fees,” reports that an Arkansas judge says Johnson & Johnson must pay $181 million in attorney fees to attorneys who...