Tort Reform Lobby Targets Contingency Fees
June 4, 2013
A recent NLJ story, “Use of Contingent Fees Challenged in Robo-Signing Case,” reports that the Nevada Supreme Court is expected to take up arguments in a high-profile robo-signing case in...
June 4, 2013
A recent NLJ story, “Use of Contingent Fees Challenged in Robo-Signing Case,” reports that the Nevada Supreme Court is expected to take up arguments in a high-profile robo-signing case in...
A California appeals court has upheld an attorney fee award of nearly $3 million against RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company in an action for the historic 1998 multi-state tobacco settlement. The court...
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that lawyers who file claims on behalf of clients alleging injury from a vaccine may recover their legal fees even if the claim is untimely. In Sebelius v. Cloer...
A recent The Recorder story, “In Netflix Captioning Case, an Unexpected Fee Fight,” reports that both sides are claiming victory in a disability rights class action against Netflix Inc.,...
A recent Thomson Reuters story, “Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Can Seek Fees from State Lawyers in Vioxx MDL,” reports that a federal judge has ruled that lawyers for individuals who sued...
April 11, 2013
A recent NLJ story, “Split Outcome to Contract Beef Means No One Gets Attorney Fees,” reports that a federal appeals court nixed competing $2.7 million and $1.3 million in attorney fees...
March 21, 2013
A federal judge has referred a dispute over millions of dollars of attorneys’ fees related to the $3.4 billion settlement of the Cobell class action lawsuit to a special magistrate for...
A recent Thomson Reuters Legal story, “Plaintiff can Recoup Fees after State Voluntarily Concedes,” reports that a New York appeals court held that the state’s Equal Access of...
February 27, 2012
A recent BLT Blog post, “Landmark D.C. Gun Case Heads To Appeals Court Over Legal Fees,” reports that Alan Gura, of Alexandria’s Gura & Possessky is taking the District of...
January 25, 2012
A Daily Business Review story, “$89,000 Legal Fee Approved Despite $500 Award” reports that a women who sued the management of a Brooklyn housing development alleging that one of its...