A recent The Recorder story, “In Netflix Captioning Case, an Unexpected Fee Fight,” reports that both sides are claiming victory in a disability rights class action against Netflix Inc.,...
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Class counsel are seeking attorney fees of $720 million and $27 million in expenses in the Visa/MasterCard Merchant Antitrust MDL. The fee request represents 10 percent of the estimated value of...
8th Circuit: Split Outcome Means No One Gets Attorney Fees
April 11, 2013
A recent NLJ story, “Split Outcome to Contract Beef Means No One Gets Attorney Fees,” reports that a federal appeals court nixed competing $2.7 million and $1.3 million in attorney fees...
A recent Reuters story, “Judge Singles out Ohio Firm in Trimming Fee Award in BofA Case,” reports that the judge who gave his blessing to Bank of America’s $2.43 billion...
The National Association of Legal Fee Analysis (NALFA) has launched a new pilot project that focuses on attorney fees in MDLs. Our objective is to work with courts to publish attorney fee award...
A recent Thomson Reuters story, “Court Awards $310M in Attorneys’ Fees in LCD Case,” reports that dozens of law firms that obtained more than $1 billion in settlements in a...
A recent Thomson Reuters story, “Attorneys Defend $53M in Fees Sought in Dairy Antitrust Settlement,” reports that attorneys for a class of dairy farmers are seeking final court approval...
A recent BLT blog post, “Judge Cuts Fees for Plaintiffs’ Lawyers in LivingSocial Settlement,” reports that, citing inefficient staffing and high hourly rates, U.S. District Judge...
A recent NLJ story, “Judge Grants Final Approval of $25.5M Settlement in Shareholder Case,” reports that U.S. District Judge Dale Fischer in Los Angeles has granted final approval of a...
New York AG Blasts $42M Fee Request in Madoff Case
March 11, 2013
A recent New York Law Journal story, “A.G. Blasts Fee Request From Counsel Madoff Investors,” reports that Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has blasted as unreasonable and “wildly...