A recent Courthouse News Service, “Huge Fee Award OK’d for Lawyers in Motorola Suit,” reports that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed a $55 million (27.5...
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Sixth Circuit: Attorney Fees Too High in Pampers Settlement
August 8, 2013
A recent Inside Counsel story, “Pampers Settlement Thrown Out Over Excessive Attorney Fees,” reports that the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals threw out a class action settlement plaintiffs...
A recent Litigation Management Blog post, “Courts Must Show Their Work When Calculating Attorney Fees,” by David McMahon, reports on a recent decision by the Ninth Circuit. In...
MGA-Orrick Fee Dispute Settles; Terms Private
July 17, 2013
A recent NLJ story, “Orrick Settles Fee Fight With Doll Maker; Terms Secret,” reports that Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe has settled a fee dispute with former client MGA Entertainment...
Judge Questions Fee Request in Kellogg's Settlement
June 3, 2013
A recent ABA Journal story, “New Mini-Wheats Settlement Get Preliminary OK; Deal Value Dropped, But Not Attorney Fees,” reports that U.S. District Judge Irma Gonzalez gave preliminary...
A California appeals court has upheld an attorney fee award of nearly $3 million against RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company in an action for the historic 1998 multi-state tobacco settlement. The court...
A recent Thomson Reuters story, “Courts Voids HP Printer Settlement, Cites Legal Fees,” reports that a divided federal appeals court voided a class action settlement between...
In a civil rights case, Padgett v. Loventhal, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit overruled a decision of a trial court, and remanded the case for further consideration. U.S....
CA Appeals Court: Can't Cut Lawyer Out of Fee Award
April 18, 2012
A recent Metropolitan News story, “C.A. Tosses Ruling Allowing Client to Cut Lawyer Out of Fee Award,” reports that an attorney who represents the prevailing plaintiff in a wage-and-hour...
A recent WSJ Law Blog story, “First Circuit Lifts Ban on ‘Attorney Fee-Only’ Bankruptcy Plans” reports that the paradox in personal bankruptcy is that you need a lawyer to help...