A recent Law 360 story by Jon Hill, “Investors Seek $63M in Fees in Deutsche, HSBC Libor Deals,” reports that investors who reached $340 million in settlements earlier this year with Deutsche...
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Appeals Court Upholds Multiplier in Insurance Coverage Fee Award
August 24, 2018
A recent Law 360 story by Nathan Hale, “Fla. Insurer Loses Appeal of Multiplier of Atty Fees Award,” reports that a Florida appeals court rejected Citizens Property Insurance’s appeal of an...
Judge Approves Fee Enhancement in GNC Age Discrimination Case
August 22, 2018
A recent New Jersey Law Journal story by Charles Toutant, “Judge Approves Fee Enhancement, But Not ‘Dual Fee,’ in GNC Employee’s Case” reports that a federal judge in Camden, pointing to his...
$58.4M Attorney Fee Award in LIBOR MDL
August 16, 2018
A recent Law 360 story by Bryan Koenig, “Hausfeld, Susman Awarded in $58.4M in Libor MDL Fees, Costs,” reports that Hausfeld LLP and Susman Godfrey LLP will decide how to dole out a nearly $60...
Federal Circuit Remands $51M Fee Award in Rembrandt MDL
August 15, 2018
A recent Law 360 story by Matthew Bultman, “Fed. Circ. Junks $51M Attys’ Fees Award in Rembrandt MDL,” reports that the Federal Circuit, in a ruling made public, threw out a $51 million...
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...
Federal Judge: Midwest Lawyers, Stuck with Midwest Rates
August 6, 2018
A recent American Lawyer story by Scott Flaherty, “Midwest Lawyers, Stuck with Midwest Rates, Federal Judge Tells Arent Fox,” reports that a lateral move to a firm with roots in a more expensive...
$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, “$100,000 Sufficient Attorney Fees for Catalysts of Impound Rule Change,” reports that plaintiffs whose lawsuit prompted the City of Los Angeles to change its...
A recent Legal Intelligencer story by PJ D’Annunzio, “In Suit Over Faculty Nuclear Missile Parts, Court Shoots Down $3M Attorney Fee Request,” reports that, in a settled lawsuit over defective...