Nokia Corp. and its lawyers at Alston & Bird are seeking compensation of roughly $1.2 million from Quinn Emanuel for the lapse that resulted in confidential terms of an Apple-Nokia licensing deal...
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Federal Judge Looks to Similar Cases to Award Fees
February 27, 2014
U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow approved a $3.6 million settlement in a stock-drop suit against Coventry Health Care Inc. The class action claimed Coventry executives breached their Employee...
Plaintiff on Hook for Patent Office's Attorney Fees
February 19, 2014
A recent NLJ story, “Plaintiff on Hook for Patent Office’s Attorney Fees,” reports that an “odd” federal law requires plaintiffs who bring lawsuits challenging the U.S....
Attorney Fees Mount in D.C. Medicaid Class Action
February 13, 2014
A recent NLJ story, “Attorney Fees Mount in Medicaid Litigation,” reports that attorney fees continue to mount in a decade a decades-old class action against the District of Columbia over...
A recent post in Baker Hostetler’s Employment Class Action Blog, “California District Court Rejects FLSA Settlement Due to 78% Fee Award,” written by Greg Mersol, reflects...
$544.8M Fee Award in Historic Antitrust Settlement
January 13, 2014
A federal judge approved a $5.7 billion class action settlement between merchants and Visa Inc., Mastercard Inc., and a number of banks over credit card swipe fees. The settlement is believed to be...
A recent The Recorder story, “Prosecutors: Nosal Should Foot O’Melveny’s $1 Million Bill,” reports that the federal prosecutors say David Nosal, the former executive recruiter...
NALFA's Top Attorney Fee News Headlines of 2013
January 3, 2014
3rd Circuit Sets New Precedent on Attorney Fees New York Appeals Court Expands Catalyst Theory of Attorney Fees Court Awards $310M in Attorney Fees in Flat Panel MDL Tort Reform Lobby Targets...
Ambiguous Contingency Fee Agreement Could Cost Lawyers
December 23, 2013
A recent The Legal Intelligencer story, “Flawed Notice of Contingency Terms Cuts Attorney Fees,” reports that the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled that a law firm’s contingency...
Concerns Over Attorney Fees in NFL Concussion Settlement
December 20, 2013
When the NFL announced the concussion settlement in August, the former players assured the league that no part of the $765 million settlement was for lawyers. Plaintiffs’ lawyers were to...