A recent The Legal Intelligencer story, “Pa. Judges Uphold $5.6 Mil. Brake Class Action Against Kia” reports that the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania upheld a Philadelphia court class action...
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Judge Reduces Fees in Patent Case
November 30, 2011
A recent Legal Intelligencer story, “Western District Judge Slashes Attorney Fees in Patent Case” reports that a federal judge awarded less than half of the requested attorney fees for the...
Judge Slashes $4.7M Fee Request in Prius Class Action
October 18, 2011
A recent NLJ story, “Judge Slashes ‘Highly Unreasonable’ Fee Request in Prius Highlight Case” reports that a federal judge in Los Angeles struck down the proposed attorney fees...
NALFA in the News: Quoted As Industry Source in Reuters News
September 23, 2011
A Thomson Reuters News story, “Cuomo Considering Law Change on Class Action Attorneys’ Fees”, reports that lawyers in New York who successful challenge class action settlements on...
Texas Appeals Court Restores $277,400 in Attorney Fees
September 13, 2011
A recent Southeastern Texas Record story, “Appeals Court Upholds 40 percent Legal Fees in Rollover Settlement” reports that Montgomery County District Judge Michael Mayes improperly...
A recent NLJ story, “9th Circuit Tosses Bluetooth Settlement, Citing Attorney Fees” reports that a federal appeals court has tossed out a settlement of hearing loss claims involving...
A recent New York Law Journal story, “Circuit Criticizes Big Fee Reduction in Disability Case” reports that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed Northern District...
A recent NLJ story, “Boston Federal Judge Awards Nearly $680K in Fees to Wine Association” reports that a Boston federal judge has awarded a wine association close to $680,000 in attorney...
Judge Can't Give City a Break on Legal Fees
May 4, 2011
A recent Metropolitan News story, “Judge Can’t Give City Break on Legal Fee, C.A. Rules” reports that a California court of appeals ruled yesterday that properly documented attorney...
Appeals Panel Tosses Out $650K in Fee Dispute Case
April 19, 2011
A recent ABA Journal story, “Appeals Court Nixes $650K Legal Fees Award, Says Parties Never Mutually Agreed to Arbitrate” reports that a California appeals court has snatched away more...