U.S. District Court Judge Eldon E. Fallon of the Eastern District of Louisiana has written a new article, “Common Benefit Fees in Multidistrict Litigation” (pdf) in Louisiana Law...
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Bankruptcy Fee Examiner Challenges Fees for Talking to Media
August 6, 2014
A Detroit Free Press story, “Bankruptcy Fee Examiner Challenges Law Firm’s Fees for Talking to the Press,” reports that Dentons, a law firm that represents Detroit’s retirees,...
Business Analysts Far Apart on BofA's Expected Legal Costs
August 5, 2014
As the Wall Street Journal reported in “Analysts Are Billions of Dollars Apart on BofA’s Expected Legal Costs,” Bank of America is in talks to pay at least $12 billion to settle...
A recent The Recorder story, “Breyer Sticks Named Plaintiff with HP’s Legal Bill in Employment Suit,” reports that a federal judge has ordered a former Hewlett-Packard Co. employee...
Lawyers Settle $62M Fee Allocation Dispute
July 29, 2014
A recent NLJ story, “Lawyers Settle Fight Over $62 Million in Fees,” reports that lead lawyers in the litigation over hormone replacement therapy drugs, have agreed to resolve their...
Court: Insurers Must Pay MBIA's Legal Costs
July 24, 2014
A recent Business Insurance story, “Insurers Must Pay MBIA’s Legal Costs from Restructuring: Court,” reports that Lloyd’s of London syndicate underwriters, an American...
Fee Entitlement Dispute in Apple-Samsung Litigation
July 21, 2014
A recent The Recorder story, “Apple, Samsung Clash Over Attorney Fees,” reports that a U.S. Supreme Court patent decision that had nothing to do with trade dress may have everything to do...
Study: Gender Disparity in Billing Rates
July 15, 2014
Sky Analytics, a leading corporate provider of legal spend management software for corporate legal departments, recently announced the release of the first ever gender study based on actual billings...
Los Angeles Asks Supreme Court to Overturn Fee Award
July 10, 2014
A recent L.A. Times story, “L.A. Asks High Court to Reverse Fee Award in Homeless Case,” reports that the City of Los Angeles has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a $700,000 fee...
Attorney fee scholarship refers to empirical papers, reports and studies on attorney fees. These mostly academic works have been heavily sited by members of the bar in their fee applications and...