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$9.3M Fee Award in $30.2M Lens Price-Fixing MDL Settlement

June 1, 2021

Contingency Fees / POF

Expenses / Costs

Fee Award Factors

Fee Benchmark / Standard

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Class Counsel Argue for Attorney Fees in Flint Water Crisis Settlement

May 31, 2021

Fee Allocation / Fee Apportionment

Class Fee Objector

Contingency Fees / POF

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SCOTUS Won’t Hear IP Attorney Fee Claim

May 17, 2021

Fees & Judicial Discretion

Practice Area: IP Litigation

SCOTUS

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NRA Agrees To Pay Creditors’ Chapter 11 Fees

May 15, 2021

Legal Bills / Legal Costs

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Block Billing Reduces Fee Award in Personal Injury Case

May 14, 2021

Billing Judgment

Billing Practices

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Client Balks at Lodestar Rates in $8.5M ERISA Fee Request

May 13, 2021

Contingency Fees / POF

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Fee Requests in Boy Scouts Bankruptcy Exceed $100M

May 12, 2021

Hourly Billing

Hourly Rates

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Client Says It Doesn’t Owe Attorney Fees in Patent Action

May 9, 2021

Practice Area: IP Litigation

USPTO

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Class Counsel Denied $12M in Fees in Nonmonetary Settlement

May 8, 2021

Fee Expert / NALFA Member

Fees & Judicial Discretion

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NALFA: Hourly Rates Above National Averages in Large Chapter 11 Cases

May 6, 2021

Fee / Rate Economics

Fee Award Data

Fee Data / Fee Analytics

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Safeco Tells Eleventh Circuit Attorney Fees Aren’t Damages

May 3, 2021

Coverage of Fees

Practice Area: Insurance Coverage Litigation

Fees & Insurance Policy

Fees as Damages

Prevailing Party Issues

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3 Firms Give Up $1M in Fees in Purdue Bankruptcy

May 1, 2021

Fee Discovery / Fee Disclosure

Fee Reduction

Fees & Litigation Tactics

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Quinn Emanuel Wins $14M in Attorney Fees in $5M Trial Case

April 30, 2021

Fees more than Damages

Trial / Jury / Verdict

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Federal Circuit Weighs in on EAJA Fee Awards in Partial Wins

April 29, 2021

Expenses / Costs

Practice Area: Civil Rights / Public Interest

Prevailing Party Issues

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Judge Sanctioned for Eating Lunch With Firm Seeking Fees

April 28, 2021

Ethics & Professional Responsibility

Fee Doctrine / Fee Theory

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Fifth Circuit: FDCPA Plaintiff Not Entitled to Attorney Fees Post-Settlement

April 22, 2021

Attorney-Client Relationship

Fee Shifting

Fees in Statutes

Prevailing Party Issues

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Article: When Are Outside Fee Experts Required to Prove Attorney Fees?

April 21, 2021

Alternative Fees

Article / Book

Fee Agreement

Fee Expert / NALFA Member

Unpaid Fees

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Ninth Circuit Bumps Up Hourly Rate in Labor Case

April 19, 2021

Fee Discovery / Fee Disclosure

Fee Data / Fee Analytics

Fee Declaration

Fee Expert / NALFA Member

Fee Reduction

Fees & Judicial Discretion

Fee Scholarship

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Sixth Circuit: No Authority to Award Attorney Fees Post-Arbitration

April 15, 2021