A recent Law 360 story by Jon Hill, “NY Judge Cuts ‘Excessive’ Atty Fee Sanction For UBS Investor” reports that a New York state judge ordered a UBS investor to pay $30,000 in legal costs...
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Judge Calls Out Hourly Rate Gender Disparity in Fee Award
April 25, 2022
A recent Law 360 story by Matthew Santoni, “Judge Calls Out Atty Gender Pay Gap in $760K Fee Award” reports that Console Mattiacci Law LLC will collect almost $765,000 in fees for winning a $2.3...
A recent Law 360 story by Rose Krebs, “3 Firms to Seek Up to $4.4M for $20M Fidelity National Suit Settlement” reports that three firms are set to seek $4.4 million for a proposed $20 million...
Attorney Denied Bulk of $5.3M Fee Award in VA Suit
March 29, 2022
A recent Law 360 story by Jonathan Capriel, “Atty Denied ‘Lion Share’ of $5M Fee in Paralyzed Vet Suit” reports that the personal injury lawyer behind a $21 million win for a man paralyzed...
Philip Morris Attorneys Earn $575K Fee Award in E-Cig Suit
February 23, 2022
A recent Law 360 story by Lauren Berg, “Philip Morris Attys Nab $575K Fee in Extinguished E-Cig Suit” reports that a Georgia federal judge on awarded Philip Morris $575,000 in attorney fees after...
Ninth Circuit Considers Class Counsel’s $98M Attorney Fee Win
February 17, 2022
A recent Law 360 story by Dorothy Atkins, “Facebook Class’s $98M Fee Win ‘Outrageous,’ 9th Circ. Told” reports that objectors' counsel urged the Ninth Circuit to throw out class counsel's...
First Circuit Affirms Sanctions in Long-Running Fee Dispute
February 10, 2022
A recent Law 360 story by Hailey Konnath, “1st Circ. Backs Sanctions Against Lieff Cabraser in Fee Tiff,” reports that the First Circuit left intact a Massachusetts federal judge's sanctions...
Judge Reduces Billing Rates in FCRA Case
February 9, 2022
A recent Law 360 story by Vince Sullivan, “Ariz. Firm Gets Bulk of $370K Fee Bid in Mass. FCRA Case,” reports that an attorney with Arizona consumer protection firm Price Law Group APC was...
Second Circuit Vacates ‘Windfall’ Attorney Fee Award
January 28, 2022
A recent Law 360 story by Khorri Atkinson, “2nd Circ. Repeals Finding $40K Atty Fee Resulted in ‘Windfall’,” reports that the Second Circuit vacated a district court ruling that halved a law...
$5.7M ‘Audacious’ Fee Request Reduced to $2.5M Fee Award
January 26, 2022
A recent Law 360 story by Bonnie Eslinger, “UHS Investors Get $2.5M Fees After ‘Audacious’ $5.7M Bid,” reports that shareholders who accused Universal Health Services Inc. of misleading them...