A recent The Recorder story by Scott Graham, “Newegg Overcomes Acacia in Attorney Fee Fight,” reports that the Federal Circuit is putting its foot down on attorney fees. The D.C.-based appellate...
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A recent Law 360 story by Emma Cueto, “3rd Circ. Forces Redo on Costs in $10M Honeywell Settlement,” reports that the Third Circuit gave its blessing to a $10 million settlement in a class action...
A recent Law 360 story by Cara Salvatore, “2nd Circ. To Reduce Fee Award in $655M Madoff Settlement” reports that the Second Circuit approved the general shape of a $655 million class action...
One Year Later: Kirtaeng v. Wiley
June 20, 2017
A recent Law 360 story by Bill Donahue, “2nd Circ. To Reduce Fee Award in $655M Madoff Settlement” reports that a year later, experts say the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Kirtsaeng v. John...
A recent Reuters story by Allison Frankel, “4th Circuit: In Fee Awards, Judges Must Consider Risk and Results,” reports on a case involving contingency fee risk in awarding attorney fees. The...
NALFA’s Fee Dispute Mediation Program is the nation’s only program devoted exclusively to resolving attorney-client fee disputes. NALFA’s Fee Dispute Mediation Program reached a milestone...
Ninth Circuit Upholds Fees for Fees Under Statute
April 24, 2017
A recent Metropolitan News story by Kenneth Ofgang, “Panel Upholds Award of ‘Fees-on-Fees’ Under Statute” reports that a statute that permits federal judges to sanction attorneys for...
Question: When Is a $3 Million Attorney Fee Award Painful?
April 19, 2017
Answer: When your fee request was $25 million higher. And so it was in In Re: Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation, pending in federal court...
Fee Request Reduced 90 Percent in VW Dealer Case
April 13, 2017
A recent Courthouse News story by Nicholas Iovino, “Judge Whacks 90% of Attorney Fees in VW Dealer Case,” reports that a federal judge cut more than $25 million from attorneys’ fees in a $1.2...
A recent Law 360 story by Suevon Lee, “Judge OKs $150M in Fees in Dow, Boeing Nuke Pollution Suit,” reports that counsel for the Colorado residents who achieved a $375 million settlement with Dow...