A recent Metropolitan News story, “$260,000 Fee Award Proper Though Damages Were $2,500” reports that the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed an attorney fee award of nearly $260,000...
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Category: Fee Award Factors
Judge Calls Out Hourly Rate Gender Disparity in Fee Award
April 25, 2022
A recent Law 360 story by Matthew Santoni, “Judge Calls Out Atty Gender Pay Gap in $760K Fee Award” reports that Console Mattiacci Law LLC will collect almost $765,000 in fees for winning a $2.3...
Hagens Berman $31M Fee Objection Heads to Ninth Circuit
April 19, 2022
A recent Law 360 story by Dorothy Atkins, “Hagens Berman Must Forfeit $31M Fee Win, 9th Circuit Told” reports that an objector's counsel urged the Ninth Circuit to force Hagens Berman Sobol...
Article: Do We Really Need An Attorney Fee Expert?
April 18, 2022
A recent article by William F. Cobb, “Do We Really Need An Attorney Fee Expert?” discusses the need to hire an attorney fee expert. This article was posted with permission. The article...
A recent Law 360 story by Matthew Santoni, “Pa. School Says Pro-Mask Parents Didn’t ‘Prevail’ For Fees” reports that a Pittsburgh-area school district said it should not have to pay the...
$12M Fee Award in $42M in Takata Air Bag MDL
April 6, 2022
A recent Law 360 story by Nathan Hale, “Court Oks $42M VW Deal, $12.6M Fee in Takata Air Bag MDL” reports that a Florida federal judge granted final approval to a $42 million settlement...
A recent Law 360 story by Rose Krebs, “3 Firms to Seek Up to $4.4M for $20M Fidelity National Suit Settlement” reports that three firms are set to seek $4.4 million for a proposed $20 million...
A recent Law 360 story by Dorothy Atkins, “Quinn Emanuel ACA Clients Urge Fed. Circ. To OK $184M Fees” reports that a group of health care plan insurers represented by Quinn Emanuel Urquhart &...
Attorney Denied Bulk of $5.3M Fee Award in VA Suit
March 29, 2022
A recent Law 360 story by Jonathan Capriel, “Atty Denied ‘Lion Share’ of $5M Fee in Paralyzed Vet Suit” reports that the personal injury lawyer behind a $21 million win for a man paralyzed...
A recent Law 360 story by Dorothy Atkins, “9th Circ. Oks Facebook Class’s $98M Fee Win in Privacy Fight” reports that the Ninth Circuit affirmed class counsel's $97.5 million fee award for...