A recent Albuquerque Journal story, “$1 Billion Settlement Between Feds and Tribes Approved,” reports that a judge has approved a nearly $1 billion settlement between the Obama administration and...
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EEOC’s Exposure to Attorney Fees Before SCOTUS
March 28, 2016
A recent Bloomberg BNA story, “Justices Ponder EEOC’s Exposure to Attorney Fees,” reports that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) can be liable for an employer's legal fees if...
Ninth Circuit Won’t Expand ERISA Attorney Fee Provision
March 25, 2016
A recent Bloomberg BNA story, “9th Cir. Won’t Expand ERISA Attorney Fee Provision,” reports that an employer that used bankruptcy law to avoid paying more than $500,000 to a group of union...
A recent New York Law Journal story, “Circuit Rejects Advocates’ Bid to Sue SSA to Collect Fees,” reports that a company's attempt to force the Social Security Administration to step in and pay...
Judge Rejects Fee Proposal in New Gulf Bankruptcy
March 23, 2016
A recent American Lawyer story, “Judge Rejects Baker Botts Fee Proposal in New Gulf Bankruptcy,” reports that, following a defeat at the U.S. Supreme Court last summer, Baker Botts proposed a...
A recent New York Law Journal story, “Circuit Denies En Banc Review in Fee Award Fight,” reports that a civil rights attorney fighting a 95 percent reduction in his fee award failed to convince a...
$5.3M Fee Award in Libor-Rigging Action
March 21, 2016
A recent Law 360 story, “Robbins Geller Gets $5.3M Fee Award in Libor-Rigging Suit,” reports that a New York federal judge approved nearly $5.3 million in fees and expenses for Robbins Geller...
A recent Bloomberg BNA story, “Will SCOTUS Review High Counsel Fees in Low-Value Cases?,” reports that the proper method for determining attorneys' fees for class counsel in low-value consumer...
Ninth Circuit Considers Class Bid for Attorney Fees
March 16, 2016
A recent Courthouse News story, “9th Cir. Considers Bid for Attorney Fees” reports that a class that won an early grant of summary judgment in a dispute over co-payments to Arizona's Medicaid...
Article: Attorney Fees in MDL Cases Lack Case Law
March 14, 2016
A recent NLJ article, “The Wild West of Fee Fights” reports that fee fights among plaintiffs attorneys in multidistrict litigation have forced more federal judges in recent cases to wade into the...