A recent article by Derek R. Lenzen, “Florida Appellate Court Holds Insured’s Attorneys’ Fee Award Multiplier Is Unsupported By Requirements,” reports that a Florida appellate court held...
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A recent Fordham Law Review working paper by Brian T. Fitzpatrick, “A Fiduciary Judge’s Guide To Awarding Fees in Class Actions (pdf),” considers the fiduciary role of judges in awarding...
Judge Says School District Overpaid Morgan Lewis
March 5, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Lauren Berg, “Judge Says School District ‘Greatly Overpaid’ Morgan Lewis,” reports that a New York federal judge awarded millions of dollars in attorney fees to the...
A recent Law.com story by Mike Scarcella, “Denied a Seal, Nelson Mullins Reveals Rates in Fee Petition in Patent Suit,” reports that, for at least the second time in the span of a year a federal...
Defense Firms and Clients Can Boast About Attorney Fee Wins
January 25, 2021
A recent Law.com story by Christine Simmons, “Both Law Firms and Clients Can Boast About Fee Wins,” reports that, several organizations have reported that, despite the Am Law 200’s worst fears,...
Defense Rates Expected to Rise at Lower Pace in 2021
January 15, 2021
A recent Legal Intelligencer story by Andrew Maloney, “Rate Pressure and Rising Expenses Are Expected to Challenger Firms in 2021,” reports that law firms may have weathered the COVID-19...
Year-End Fee Collection Remain Steady in COVID-19 Era
January 1, 2021
A recent Law.com story by Justin Henry, “Pandemic Be Damned, Year-End Collections Are Steady (So Far)” reports that despite the great anxiety that roiled the legal industry throughout 2020, fee...
Demand for Contingency Fees Grows Amid Pandemic
November 30, 2020
A recent Law.com story by Dan Roe, “Demand for Contingency Fees in Business Litigation Grows Amid Pandemic,” reports that contingency fees are not only confined to personal injury matters. In...
Attorney fee awards are a major driver of class action litigation – both in the employment and other contexts. How they are awarded, and what is “reasonable” has been an ongoing source of...
Boston Calls $2.3M Fee Request ‘Beyond The Pale’
August 17, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Brian Dowling, “Boston Calls Officers’ $2.3M Fee Request ‘Beyond The Pale’” reports that calling the request "beyond the pale," the city of Boston asked a federal...