A recent Law 360 story by Matthew Santoni, “2 Firms Seek $17M Fee Award for Railroad No-Poach Deals” reports that Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP and Fine Kaplan and Black RPC asked a...
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Citing Billing Practices, Judge Slashes Attorney Fees
April 20, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Brian Dowling, “ ‘Excessive’ Robins Kaplan Fee Bid Slashed in Covidien Case,” reports that citing "pervasive shortcomings" in the firm's billing practices, a...
$7.5M in Attorney Fees in $286M Derivative Class Settlement
April 15, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Reenat Sinay, “Glancy Prongay Gets $7.5M in Fees for $286M Deal,” reports that a New York federal judge awarded attorneys at Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP $7.5 million...
A recent Delaware Law Weekly story by Scott Graham, “Delaware Judge Puts Foot Down on Over-Litigation in Shoe Design Case,” reports that it sounds as if U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika of...
A recent Law 360 story by Chris Villani, “Labaton Rebuke Sends Message: Botch Fees and Pay a Price,” reports that by slashing $15 million in fees from Labaton Sucharow LLP and Thornton Law Firm...
Article: The Need For Attorney Fee Expertise
February 20, 2020
A recent AI article by John D. O’Connor, “The Need For Attorney Fee Expertise (pdf),” reports on the need for attorney fee expertise to prove reasonable attorney fees and proper billing...
Determining Who Should Serve as the Billing Partner
November 19, 2019
A recent Law.com article by Joel A. Rose, “Determining Who Should Serve as the Billing Partner,” reports that on the law firm’s management of billing partners. This article was posted with...
Attorneys Earn $20M for Work on ABB 401K Class Action
September 3, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Emily Brill, “Attorneys Score $20M for Work on ABB 401k Class Action,” reports that the attorneys who represented workers in a 13-year battle with ABB Inc. over excessive...
A recent scholarly article by law professors Stephen J. Choi, Jessica Erickson and Adam C. Pritchard, “Working Hard or Making Work? Plaintiffs’ Attorney Fees in Securities Fraud Class Actions,...
A recent Law 360 story by Carolina Bolado, “Fla. Judge Slashes Atty Fee Request For Unnecessary Delays,” reports that a Florida federal judge slashed in half a request for over $130,000 in...