Fee Objectors Hold Up BAR/BRI Settlement
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...
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...
Case Settlement Amt. Fee Award % Multiplier In Re Enron Corp. Sec., Deriv. & ERISA $7.227B $688.23M 9.52 5.22 In Re WorldCom, Inc. Sec....
A recent ABA Journal story, “Slashing $26M in Legal Fees from Citigroup Case, Judge Cites $550/hr Charge for $15/hr Contract Work” reports that a federal judge has slashed by 27 percent...
A recent Litigation Management Blog post, “Courts Must Show Their Work When Calculating Attorney Fees,” by David McMahon, reports on a recent decision by the Ninth Circuit. In...
July 20, 2013
A recent law.com story, “$1.6 Billion Toyota Settlement Win Final Approval,” reports that U.S. District Judge James Selna in Santa Ana, Calif. approved a $1.6 billion settlement...
July 18, 2013
1. Dickie Scruggs’ Judicial Bribery Scandal: Richard “Dickie” Scruggs of Scruggs Law Firm in Oxford, Mississippi was one of the most successful trial lawyers in U.S....
July 18, 2013
A recent BLT Blog post, “Fee Fight Emerges in Landmark Indian Trust Case,” reports that a nonprofit that said it gave millions of dollars in grants to support the massive Indian trust...