A recent NLJ story, “Boston Federal Judge Awards Nearly $680K in Fees to Wine Association” reports that a Boston federal judge has awarded a wine association close to $680,000 in attorney...
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Walmart Class Action Attorney Fees Must Be Re-Calculated
June 13, 2011
A recent Legal Intelligencer story, “Superior Court Upholds $187.6 Mil. Class Action Against Wal-Mart” reports that the state Superior Court in Pennsylvania has upheld a $187.6 million...
A recent NLJ story, “Management Training Company Awarded Over $700K in Fees, Costs in Copyright Case” reports that a Boston federal judge has awarded Situation Management Inc. nearly...
Recent Trends in Attorney Fee Rates
April 28, 2011
The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) is an in-house bar association for professional corporate counsel who practice in legal departments globally. ACC has published a 2010...
Law Capping Attorney Fees May Go to Florida Supreme Court
April 27, 2011
A recent Palm Beach Post story, “Is State Law Limiting Workers Comp Attorney Fees Constitutional? Fla. Supreme Court May Get Issue” reports that attorneys for a woman who suffered a back...
Madoff Trustee Seeks an Additional $45M in Fees
April 20, 2011
A recent Reuters Legal story, “Madoff Trustee Seeks an Additional $45 Million in Fees” reports that the trustee for victims of Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme asked a federal...
Despite High Court's Ruling on Lodestar Multiplier, Judge Says Civil Rights Lawyers Deserve One
April 11, 2011
A recent law.com story, “Federal Judge Again Approves Bonus Fees to Civil Rights Lawyers” reports that a federal judge in Atlanta, whose bonus fee award to civil rights attorneys prompted...
DC Judge Requests to See Billing Rates of Three Firms
March 24, 2011
A recent BLT Blog story, “D.C. Judge Requests Three Firms’ Rates in Legal Fee Dispute” reports that a judge in Washington said he wants the three law firms that provided pro bono...
$315M Fee Allocation Dispute in Vioxx Class Action
February 24, 2011
A recent Corporate Counsel story, “Fierce Fight Erupts Over $315 Million Vioxx Attorney Fee Funds” reports that several law firms have objected to the proposed allocation of fees from the...
First Circuit: Plaintiffs Who Achieve Litigation Goals Through Settlement Entitled to Fees
February 23, 2011
A recent NLJ story, “1st Circuit Deems Plaintiffs Who Achieved Settlement ‘Prevailing Parties’ Entitled to Fees” reports that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit has...