The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Lasley v. Commissioner, affirmed a district court’s order awarding reduced attorneys’ fees under the Social Security Act. The...
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Plaintiffs' Fee Request Slashed in BofA Class Action
September 8, 2014
A recent NLJ story, “Plaintiffs Attorney Fees Slashed in BofA Case,” reports that plaintiffs attorneys who won a recent $32 million class action settlement from Bank of America Corp. are...
Judge Slashes Plaintiffs' Fee Request in Derivative Action
August 14, 2014
A recent The Recorder story, “Judge Slashes Plaintiffs’ Fee Request in Derivative Suit,” reports that plaintiffs’ attorneys netted less than half of what they hoped for in fees...
A recent Commercial Litigation Insider story, “Ramos Questions Firm’s Billing Judgment in Reducing Fees,” reports that an attorney’s request for more than $1,000 an hour in...
Massive Fee Cut in Iranian Dairy Case
June 6, 2014
A recent NLJ story, “Legal Fees Significantly Reduced in Iranian Dairy Dispute,” reports that lawyers for a company awarded approximately $13.4 million in legal fees in a decades-long...
Seventh Circuit Reaffirms Lodestar Method in Class Actions
April 10, 2014
A recent National Law Review article, “Seventh Circuit Affirms Lodestar Method to Determine Attorneys’ Fees in TCPA Class Action,” by Sheppard Mullin Associate David M. Poell, writes...
A recent NLJ story, “Plaintiffs Reduce Fee Demand in Prius Litigation,” reports that five plaintiffs’ law firms that originally sought $4.7 million in attorney fees in a class action...
Plaintiff on Hook for Patent Office's Attorney Fees
February 19, 2014
A recent NLJ story, “Plaintiff on Hook for Patent Office’s Attorney Fees,” reports that an “odd” federal law requires plaintiffs who bring lawsuits challenging the U.S....
Attorney Fees Mount in D.C. Medicaid Class Action
February 13, 2014
A recent NLJ story, “Attorney Fees Mount in Medicaid Litigation,” reports that attorney fees continue to mount in a decade a decades-old class action against the District of Columbia over...
Ambiguous Contingency Fee Agreement Could Cost Lawyers
December 23, 2013
A recent The Legal Intelligencer story, “Flawed Notice of Contingency Terms Cuts Attorney Fees,” reports that the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled that a law firm’s contingency...