A recent Thomson Reuters story, “Delaware Upholds Fee-Shifting Bylaw, Could Upend Class Actions,” reports that the Delaware Supreme Court has ruled that corporations can adopt bylaws...
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A recent Courthouse News Service story, “Massive Attorneys’ Fee Award Upheld on Appeal,” reports that attorneys who won a $7 billion judgment for bankrupt cooper-mining firm Asarco,...
A recent Texas Lawyer story, “Lack of Specificity Sinks Fee Award,” reports that the Texas Supreme Court has struck down an attorney fee award because lawyers didn’t tell the trial...
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today in two cases concerning attorney fees in patent litigation, including one cast as an avenue to deter frivolous litigation by patent trolls. The opinions ease...
A recent New Jersey Law Journal story, “Courts Won’t Upset Settlement or Fees in Dentists’ Suit Against Horizon,” reports that the New Jersey Supreme Court will not disturb a...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in the case of John M. Dewey et al. v. Volkswagen of America Inc. et al. upheld a $9.2 million attorney fee award in a class action against Volkswagen...
Seventh Circuit Reaffirms Lodestar Method in Class Actions
April 10, 2014
A recent National Law Review article, “Seventh Circuit Affirms Lodestar Method to Determine Attorneys’ Fees in TCPA Class Action,” by Sheppard Mullin Associate David M. Poell, writes...
A recent NLJ story, “Plaintiffs Reduce Fee Demand in Prius Litigation,” reports that five plaintiffs’ law firms that originally sought $4.7 million in attorney fees in a class action...
A recent The Recorder story, “Federal Circuit OKs $12 Million Fee Award in ‘Exceptional’ Patent Case,” reports that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has upheld...
Fee Award Tossed Over Billing Records
February 21, 2014
A recent The Recorder story, “Second District Casts Aside Fee Award in Party City Case,” reports that a $350,000 attorney fee award divided among six law firms in a consumer class action...