A recent Law 360 story by Melissa Daniels, “10th Circ. Nixes $17.3M Fee Award in Royalties Settlement,” reports that a Tenth Circuit panel set aside a $17.3 million attorneys’ fees award in a...
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Attorneys Garner $125M in Second VW Settlement
July 26, 2017
A recent Courthouse News story by Nicholas Iovino, “Attorneys Awarded $125 Million for Second VW Settlement’,” reports that a federal judge awarded $125 million in fees and costs to lawyers who...
Law Firm Ends Client Relationship Citing Fixed Fee Rates that Aren’t ‘Financially Viable’
July 25, 2017
A recent The Recorder story by Jennifer Williams-Alvarez, “Quinn Emanuel Fired Uber, Citing Fixed Fee Rates That Aren’t ‘Financially Viable’,” reports that last fall, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart...
Fee Allocation Dispute in MDL Moves to Texas Court
July 24, 2017
A recent Law 360 story by Michelle Casady, “RI Atty Must Face Fee Dispute Suit in Texas, Court Affirms,” reports that Texas' Fifth Court of Appeals affirmed a trial court's ruling in a fight...
Attorneys Earn $18.5M in Fees in Dole Securities Action
July 21, 2017
A recent Law 360 story by Jeff Montgomery, “Dole Shareholders Garner $18.5M in Fees in Securities Cases,” reports that attorneys for a Dole Food Co. stockholder class secured an $18.5 million fee...
NALFA’s Fee Dispute Mediation Program is the nation’s only program devoted exclusively to resolving attorney-client fee disputes. NALFA’s Fee Dispute Mediation Program recently reached an...
Why ‘Class Action Attorney Fees’ Are Such Dirty Words
July 18, 2017
A recent Law 360 article by Daniel R. Karon, “Why ‘Class Action Attorney Fees’ Are Such Dirty Words,” expresses thoughts and offers insight over the public disdain for attorney fees in class...
Fee Issues Remain in Duke Energy Derivative Action
July 14, 2017
A recent Law 360 story by Vince Sullivan, “Duke CEO Ouster Settlement OK’d, But Fee Issues Punted,” reports that a $27 million settlement that ends a Delaware Chancery Court derivative suit over...
NALFA hosts s podcast series on attorney fee issues. We talk with thought leaders, attorney fee experts and attorney fee newsmakers who’ve help shape and influence the jurisprudence of reasonable...
A recent Law 360 story by Rachel Graf, “Salix Class Attys Seek $44.6M in Fees For $210M Settlement,” reports that attorneys who secured a tentative $210 million settlement to end a proposed class...