A recent Law 360 story by Gina Kim, “Mattel Judge Mulls $24.5M Atty Fee Bid in $98M Investor Deal” reports that U.S. District Judge Mark C. Scarsi said he will grant final approval of $98 million...
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A recent Law 360 story by Dorothy Atkins, “Quinn Emanuel ACA Clients Urge Fed. Circ. To OK $184M Fees” reports that a group of health care plan insurers represented by Quinn Emanuel Urquhart &...
A recent Law 360 story by Dorothy Atkins, “9th Circ. Oks Facebook Class’s $98M Fee Win in Privacy Fight” reports that the Ninth Circuit affirmed class counsel's $97.5 million fee award for...
Ninth Circuit Considers Class Counsel’s $98M Attorney Fee Win
February 17, 2022
A recent Law 360 story by Dorothy Atkins, “Facebook Class’s $98M Fee Win ‘Outrageous,’ 9th Circ. Told” reports that objectors' counsel urged the Ninth Circuit to throw out class counsel's...
Quinn Emanuel Gets $185M in Attorney Fees in $3.7B ACA Win
September 16, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Dave Simpson, “Quinn Emanuel Gets $185M Fee From $3.7B Win in ACA Suits,” reports that a U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge granted Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan...
Compare & Prove Hourly Rates with NALFA Survey
August 1, 2021
Every year, NALFA conducts an hourly rate survey of civil litigation in the U.S. NALFA has released the results from its 2020 Litigation Hourly Rate Survey. The survey results, published in The...
Ninth Circuit: $6M Fee Award Does Not Create ‘Windfall’
April 12, 2021
A recent Metropolitan News story, “$6 Million Attorney Fee Award Would Not Create ‘Windfall’,” reports that the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, has reversed an order...
A recent Fordham Law Review working paper by Brian T. Fitzpatrick, “A Fiduciary Judge’s Guide To Awarding Fees in Class Actions (pdf),” considers the fiduciary role of judges in awarding...
$110M Fee Request Trimmed in $650M Facebook Biometric Settlement
February 26, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Lauren Berg, “$650M Facebook Privacy Deal OK’d, $110M Atty Fees Trimmed,” reports that a California federal judge praised a $650 million settlement resolving claims...
Apple Challenges $87M Fee Request in iPhone Settlement
February 18, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Dorothy Atkins, “Apple, Ky. AG Rip Class Attys’ $87M Fee Bid in IPhone Deal,” reports that Apple and the Kentucky attorney general joined objectors in urging a...