A recent Law 360 story by Dean Seal, “Lieff Cabraser, Kessler Topaz Seek $23.2M for BNY Deal,” reports that attorneys for a class of investors want 30% of the $72.5 million settlement they...
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$16M Fee Request in $100M CR England Class Action Settlement
April 30, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Danielle Nicole Smith, “Truckers’ Attys Want $16M Cut of $100M CR England Deal,” reports that attorneys for a class of drivers allegedly tricked into giving trucking...
A recent New York Law Journal article by Thomas E.L. Dewey of Dewey Pegno & Kramarsky, “District Court Reduces Class Counsel’s Attorney Fee Award in Light of Reversionary Clause,” reports...
A recent Law 360 story by Michelle Casady, “Texas Justices Clarify Evidence Needed for Atty Fees,” reports that the Texas Supreme Court clarified what evidence lawyers must present to support...
A recent Law 360 story by Nadia Dreid, “Attys Seek $34M From Lithium Battery Price-Fixing Deals,” reports that attorneys who worked out more than $113 million in settlements on behalf of buyers...
A recent Law.com by Reenat Sinay, “Pomerantz Attys Seek $8M in Fees in Barclays Dark Pool Suit,” reports that a class of Barclays investors asked a New York federal court for final approval of...
Ninth Circuit Affirms $42M Fee Award in NCAA Class Action
April 18, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Matthew Perlman, “9th Circ. Affirms $42M Fee Award in NCAA Damages Deal,” reports that the Ninth Circuit cleared the way for a nearly $209 million settlement between...
A recent Law 360 story by Vince Sullivan, “Globalstar Called Shareholder $15M Fee Request ‘Exorbitant’,” reports that satellite communications company Globalstar Inc. said a $15 million...
Class Attorneys Earn $3M in $9.85M in US Airways Settlement
April 11, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Dean Seal, “Class Attys Get $3M Cut of $9.85M US Airways Deal,” reports that three law firms in coastal California will get about 30% of the $9.85 million settlement they...
A recent New York Law Journal story by Colby Hamilton, “Second Circuit Upholds Judge’s Slashing Attorney Fees in Fair Credit Law Settlement,” reports that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...