An upcoming Columbia Law Review article by law professors Lynn Baker and Charles Silver of the University of Texas and Michael Perino of St. John’s University entitled “Is the Price Right:...
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A recent New York Times story, “Chunk of New Jersey’s Money from Exxon Settlement is to Go to Legal Fees,” reports that New Jersey’s decision to settle a multibillion-dollar...
SCOTUS Oral Arguments in ASARCO's Bankruptcy Fee Issues
March 16, 2015
A recent Texas Lawyer story, “Tough Questions at $5 Million Fee Fight Before SCOTUS,” reports that predicting how the highest court’s nine justices will rule after they have heard...
A recent USA Today story, “O’Bannon Lawyers Fight Huge Fee Reduction Sought by NCAA,” reports that lawyers for the plaintiffs in the Ed O’Bannon antitrust class action against...
$25M in Fees Awarded in RBC Shareholder Action
March 6, 2015
A recent WSJ story, “Lawyers for Rural/Metro Shareholders Awarded $25 Million in Fees,” reports that a Delaware judge awarded $25 million to plaintiffs’ lawyers who successfully sued...
A recent Law 360 story, “VW, Audi Owners Win $15.5M in Attys’ Fees in Oil Sludge MDL,” reports that a Massachusetts federal judge approved roughly $15.5 million in attorneys’...
SCOTUS Won't Hear $72M Bayer MDL Fee Dispute
February 25, 2015
A recent Law 360 story, “High Court Won’t Hear $72M Bayer MDL Fee Fight,” reports that the U.S. Supreme Court passed on an appeal from plaintiffs’ attorneys in multidistrict...
Judge Erred in Denying Statutory Fee Award
February 11, 2015
A recent Metropolitan News Enterprise story, “Judge Erred in Denying Fee Award to Attorney Parris—C.A.,” reports that a California Court of Appeals held that a judge, appalled by the...
Judicial Discretion: Why Judges Deny or Cut Attorney Fees
February 9, 2015
A recent Texas Lawyer story, “Why Judges Deny or Cut Attorney Fees,” reports that when U.S. Judge Sam Sparks awarded Jerad Najvar’s clients $137,074 in attorney fees—only...
NCAA Challenges Over $40M in Fee/Costs in Antitrust Case
February 6, 2015
A recent CBSSports.com story, “NCAA Wants O’Bannon Fees Reduced by at Least $41.7 Million,” reports that the NCAA wants a federal judge to reduce the Ed O’Bannon...