A recent Law 360 story by Kevin Stawicki, “Opioid Judge Taps Harvard Prof to Guide $3B Fee Fight,” reports that the Ohio federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation over the opioid epidemic...
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A recent Law 360 story by Chris Villani, “Labaton Rebuke Sends Message: Botch Fees and Pay a Price,” reports that by slashing $15 million in fees from Labaton Sucharow LLP and Thornton Law Firm...
A recent Law 360 story by Dani Kass, “Special Master Blasts Cisco’s $4M Fee Bid, Oks Apple’s $2M,” reports that a special master appointed by U.S. District Judge William Alsup lectured Cisco...
Law Firms See Attorney Fee Reductions from State Street Case
February 28, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Chris Villani, “3 Law Firms See $15M Chopped From State Street Fees,” reports that a federal judge slashed attorney fees for Labaton Sucharow, Thornton Law and Lieff...
Phrama Firms Critical of Attorney Fee Request in Opioid MDL
February 27, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Emily Field, “Opioid Cos. Slam Atty Fee Proposal That Could Reach $3.3B,” reports that drug companies told the Ohio federal judge overseeing the multidistrict litigation...
37 AGs Critical of Attorney Fee Request in Opioid MDL
February 25, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Danielle Nichole Smith, “37 AGs Assail Plaintiffs’ Atty Fee Bid in Opioid MDL,” reports that a group of 37 attorneys general urged an Ohio federal judge to reject a...
Article: Five Lessons for Recovering Attorney Fees in Texas
February 24, 2020
A recent BizLitNews article by Amanda Taylor, “Recovering Attorney’s Fees in Texas: Five Lessons,” reports on attorney fee recovery in Texas. This article was posted with permission. The...
Claims of ‘Excessive’ Hourly Rates in NFL Concussion Settlement
February 21, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Ryan Boysen, “Seeger Weiss for ‘Excessive’ Fee in Concussion Deal,” reports that a handful of law firms have again objected to Seeger Weiss LLP’s latest $1.2...
Article: The Need For Attorney Fee Expertise
February 20, 2020
A recent AI article by John D. O’Connor, “The Need For Attorney Fee Expertise (pdf),” reports on the need for attorney fee expertise to prove reasonable attorney fees and proper billing...
Judge: Vague Billing Entries in Boston Scientific FCA Suit
February 19, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Bill Wichert, “’Vague’ Fee Entries Targeted in Boston Scientific FCA Suit,” reports that a New Jersey federal judge said whistleblowers’ lawyers should get about...