A recent Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists (ACEDS) story, “Law Firm’s Big Markup of Contract Review Fees Sparks Client Attack, US Court Scrutiny,” reported on the use...
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Study: Contingency Fee System Promotes Access and Efficiency
February 11, 2013
A recent study from NYU Law School’s The Center for Justice and Democracy (CJ&D), “Courthouse Cornerstone: Contingency Fees and Their Importance for Everyday Americans (pdf),”...
Citigroup Plaintiff Lawyers Fire Back at Perennial Fee Objectors
January 28, 2013
A recent Forbes story, “Citigroup Plaintiff Lawyers Fire Back at Fee Objectors,” reports that lawyers seeking nearly $100 million in attorney fees for negotiating a $500 million settlement...
NALFA Files Amicus Brief in Louisiana Supreme Court in Historic Case
January 21, 2013
Today, the National Association of Legal Fee Analysis (NALFA) filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court of Louisiana. NALFA filed the Motion for Leave (pdf) and Amicus Curiae Brief (pdf) in...
NALFA's Top Attorney Fee Cases of 2012
January 1, 2013
1. $305M Southern Peru Copper Attorney Fee Award2. $144M Avandia MDL Attorney Fee Award3. $140M Mattel-MGA Bratz Doll Attorney Fee Dispute4. $90M Black Farmers...
NALFA's Top 10 News Stories of 2012
December 31, 2012
New Proposed Guidelines for Bankruptcy Fees in Large Cases Judge Approves $144M in Fees in Avandia MDL Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Seek $4.95M in Moody’s Shareholder Class Action First Circuit...
NALFA: State AGs Should Be Allowed to Hire Contingency Fee Lawyers
December 21, 2012
A recent Thomson Reuters Legal story, “Should State AGs be Allowed to Use Contingency Fee Lawyers?” reported on the relationship between state AGs and outside counsel in public interest...
NALFA: Judge Big Attorney Fee Awards By Work AND Results
September 24, 2012
There's been a lot of hand-wringing by the WSJ and Thomson Reuters News over big attorney fee awards in recent shareholder class actions. See “Foretelling the End of Money-for-Nothing...
NALFA Meets with U.S. Trustee in Chicago
September 12, 2012
Today, NALFA Executive Director, Terry Jesse met with U.S. Trustee, Patrick S. Layng of the DOJ’s U.S. Trustee Program in Chicago. Mr. Layng is the U.S. Trustee who oversees Region 11...
NALFA: Not All Professional Fee Objectors Are Fee Experts
September 5, 2012
A recent Thomson Reuters story, “J&J Faces Settlement Objection From Ted Frank,” reports that Ted Frank, a professional fee objector and tort reform lobbyist, who frequently...