Largest Class Action Fee Awards in U.S. History
June 22, 2011
LARGEST CLASS ACTION FEE AWARDS IN U.S. HISTORY Class Action Case Settlement Amount Fee Award Percentage 1 Multi-State Tobacco Litigation $206 Billion ?? 2 Enron $7.272...
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NALFA Attorney Fee Scoreboard: The Madoff Case
May 16, 2011
The trustee, Irving H. Picard of Baker & Hostetler LLP in New York, work in Re Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, has produced the following results, thus...
Two House Republicans today continued their effort to prevent the plaintiffs’ lawyers in the Cobell class action from getting more than $50 million in attorney fees for their work in the 15-year...
NALFA: Wrong for Congress to Cap Attorney Fees in 9/11 Compensation Bill
December 27, 2010
The U.S. Congress recently approved legislation known as H.R. 847 James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act. Now, lawyers for those injured while responding to the September 11 terrorist...
According to recent reports by the Associated Press, Republican Governor of Alabama Bob Riley has signed an executive order limiting attorney fees in lawsuits filed by the Alabama Attorney General...
Clients React to NALFA's Membership Directory
August 4, 2010
The NALFA Membership Directory is the source for the nation’s best qualified attorney fee and legal billing experts. Our attorney fee and legal billing experts are retained by some of the...
L.A. Attorney Fee Program Was A Big Success
June 28, 2010
On June 24, 2010, NALFA hosted the 2nd Annual L.A. Attorney Fee Conference: “It Pays To Be Reasonable” at Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles, California. The conference featured...
Lawmakers, Governor Charlie Chist, and Attorney General Bill McCollum handcuffed current and future Florida attorneys general right before the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico started. Six days...
NALFA: Caps on Attorney Fees Only Hurt the Injured
May 19, 2010
A recent Find Law article, “Caps on Attorney Fees Only Hurt the Injured” provided by Silvers, Langsam & Weitzman, P.C. in Philadelphia opines on recent debate surrounding an amendment...
NALFA Approved as a 501(c)(6) Organiation
May 12, 2010
On May 5, 2010 the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) approved the National Association of Legal Fee Analysis (NALFA) as a 501(c)(6) federal tax-exempt organization. According to the IRS, NALFA...