A recent New York Law Journal story, “Magistrate Cuts ‘Princely’ Fee Proposal by 80 Percent,” reports that a federal magistrate judge approved a $1.375 million class...
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Attorney Fee Trends in MDL: What is "Common?"
May 19, 2015
A recent law firm blog post, “Attorney Fee Trends in Multidistrict Litigation: What is ‘Common?’”, by Alicia M. Raines and Jennifer R. Tudor of Barnes & Thornburg LLP...
AMEX Gambles on Attorney Fees in Antitrust Appeal
May 18, 2015
A recent New York Law Journal story, “AmEx Agrees to Pay States’ Legal Fees if Appeal Fails,” reports that American Express has agreed to pay 17 states $3.65 million in legal...
Water District Struggles to Pay its Legal Bills
May 15, 2015
A recent L.A. Times story, “Water District Found Itself Drowning in Steep Legal Fees,” reports that, facing a lawsuit from cities over its pumping rates, the Water Replenishment...
A recent Texas Lawyer story, “Bills Suggest Attorney Fee Cap in Declaratory Actions,” reports that a pair of bills propose a $250,000 cap on attorney fees in declaratory actions...
What Patent Attorney Fee Awards Really Look Like
May 13, 2015
A recent article, “What Patent Attorney Fee Awards Really Look Like,” by Saurabh Vishnubhakat published in the Duke Law Journal Online, studies attorney fee awards in patent...
A recent Law 360 story, “Judge Halves ‘Absurd’ $6M McCune Wright Fee Bid in Kia MDL,” reports that a federal judge pumped the brakes on McCune Wright’s request for...
A recent Legal Intelligencer story, “Third Circuit Adopts Recovery Scheme for Attorney Fee Awards Under ERISA,” reports that litigants who catalyze the defense to change course in an ERISA...
Hausfeld Survives Fee Challenge from NCAA
May 1, 2015
A recent The Recorder story, “Hausfeld to Reap Hefty Fees for NCAA Suit,” reports that a federal judge has signaled he’s likely to award a large chunk of the $50 million requested by...
The New Jersey Exxon class action settlement has come under broad criticism, as lawmakers and environmentalist have questioned why the state of New Jersey would agree to accept only $225 million...