A recent Law 360 article by David Ross, “Atty Fee Reversal May Complicate Claims Made Settlement”, reports on the ramification of the Lowery v. Rapsody International decision. This article was...
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A recent Law 360 story by Dorothy Atkins, “CORRECTION: Facebook Users’ Attys Seek $185M in $725M Meta Privacy Deal”, reports that counsel representing a preliminarily certified class of more...
A recent Law 360 by Sydney Price, “Attys Get $37M For Landing Forex Rigging Deals,” reports that a New York federal judge awarded $36.8 million in attorney fees to counsel for investors who...
Ninth Circuit to Decide on Common Benefit Fees
May 23, 2023
A recent Reuters article by Alison Frankel, “Appeals Court Will Decide If Lawyers Can Evade Common Fund Fees in Consolidated Cases,” reports on common fund fees in class actions and MDLs. The...
A recent Law 360 by Irene Spezzamonte, “Workers for Virgin, Alaska Seek $10M Fees in $31M Wage Suit,” reports that a group of flight attendants asked a California federal court to grant their...
Judge Says Trial Needed in $30M Attorney Fee Dispute
April 7, 2023
A recent Law 360 story by Jonathan Capriel, “Judge Says Trial Needed in $30M Attorney Fee Dispute,” reports that three Illinois law firms that made an oral agreement to share "fees" will have to...
Delaware Court Wants More Info on Opioid Fee Award
October 26, 2022
A recent Law 360 story by Jeff Montgomery, “Del. Court Demands Info on $2.7M Atty Fee in Opioid Deal” reports that, citing unsatisfactory answers to questions about a flat, $2.7 million attorney...
A recent Law 360 story by Katryna Perera, “Judge Cuts ‘Unreasonable’ Atty Fee Bid in $98M Mattel Deal” reports that a California federal judge has granted final approval to a $98 million...
A recent Law 360 story by Gina Kim, “Mattel Judge Mulls $24.5M Atty Fee Bid in $98M Investor Deal” reports that U.S. District Judge Mark C. Scarsi said he will grant final approval of $98 million...
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...