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...
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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...
Judge Says School District Overpaid Morgan Lewis
March 5, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Lauren Berg, “Judge Says School District ‘Greatly Overpaid’ Morgan Lewis,” reports that a New York federal judge awarded millions of dollars in attorney fees to the...
Fee Request Reduced in Hospital Whistleblower Action
February 23, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Nathan Hale, “Hospital Whistleblower’s $1M Fees Award Falls Short of Goal,” reports that a whistleblower whose complaint against now-defunct hospital chain Health...
Fee Request Reduced in Hospital Whistleblower Action
February 23, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Nathan Hale, “Hospital Whistleblower’s $1M Fees Award Falls Short of Goal,” reports that a whistleblower whose complaint against now-defunct hospital chain Health...
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...
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...
Article: Five Lessons for Recovering Attorney Fees in Texas
February 13, 2021
A recent article by Amanda G. Taylor, “Recovering Attorney’s Fees in Texas: Five Lessons” in BizLit News Blog reports on recovering attorney fees in Texas. This article was posted with...
Judge Properly Awards Regular Hourly Rate for Clerical Tasks
February 12, 2021
A recent Metropolitan News Enterprise story, “Judge Properly Awards Attorney’s Fees, at Lawyer’s Normal Rates, for Clerical Work”, reports that the Court of Appeal for this district ruled...
$11M Fee Request in Home Health Care FCA Case
January 19, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Sarah Jarvis, “Attys Want $11M After Record Home Health Care FCA Deal,” reports that a whistleblower is seeking more than $11 million in attorney fees and costs for a...