Study: Do Class Action Lawyers Make Too Little?
August 24, 2013
A recent academic paper, “Do Class Action Lawyers Make Too Little?” (pdf), by Vanderbilt Law Professor Brian T. Fitzpatrick, published in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review,...
August 24, 2013
A recent academic paper, “Do Class Action Lawyers Make Too Little?” (pdf), by Vanderbilt Law Professor Brian T. Fitzpatrick, published in the University of Pennsylvania Law Review,...
August 21, 2013
A recent AM Law Litigation Daily story, “Judge OKs $730 Million Citi Bondholders Deal,” reports that U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein approved a $730 million settlement in the Citigroup...
August 20, 2013
A recent Metropolitan News story, “Attorney with Disbelieved Time Records to Receive No Fee,” reports that an attorney who sought nearly $25 million in attorney fees based on her...
August 19, 2013
A recent Detroit Free Press story, “Judge Appoints $600/Hour Attorney to Monitor Excessive Fees in Detroit Bankruptcy,” reports that U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes appointed a fee...
August 18, 2013
A recent ABA Journal story, “Lawyers in Multiple States Face Inquiry, or Worse, Over Legal Fees in Mortgage Foreclosure Matters,” reports that foreclosure lawyers in multiple states are...
August 17, 2013
A recent Corporate Counsel story, “In-House Counsel Seeing Increase in Litigation,” reports that more than one-third of general counsel in a recent survey, “Litigation &Corporate...
August 17, 2013
A recent NLJ story, “Fight Continues Over Attorney Fees in BAR/BRI Lawsuit,” reports that fee objectors to two settlements involving antitrust claims against the makers of the BAR/BRI bar...
A recent Courthouse News Service, “Huge Fee Award OK’d for Lawyers in Motorola Suit,” reports that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed a $55 million (27.5...
August 11, 2013
A recent BLT Blog post, “Judge Awards $434K in Fees in Iranian Dairy Dispute,” reports that a Washington federal judge approved $434,000 in attorney fees to Winston & Strawn for its...
August 8, 2013
A recent Inside Counsel story, “Pampers Settlement Thrown Out Over Excessive Attorney Fees,” reports that the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals threw out a class action settlement plaintiffs...