A recent The Recorder story, “In Netflix Captioning Case, an Unexpected Fee Fight,” reports that both sides are claiming victory in a disability rights class action against Netflix Inc.,...
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A recent Thomson Reuters story, “Funder Sues Plaintiffs’ Lawyer for $28M in LCD Class Action Fees,” reports that the law firm lender LFG National Capital filed a suit in federal...
NALFA's 18 Attorney Fee Award Factors
May 2, 2013
NALFA has identified 18 factors in court awarded attorney fees. Several of these fee factors draw from seminal fee jurisprudence cases Goldberger v. Integrated Resources and Johnson v. Georgia...
A recent Thomson Reuters story, “Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Can Seek Fees from State Lawyers in Vioxx MDL,” reports that a federal judge has ruled that lawyers for individuals who sued...
A recent Corporate Counsel story, “In M&A Litigation, Attorneys’ Fees Under Attack?,” reports that three court decisions last month have taken aim at plaintiffs’ attorney...
Penn. Supreme Court: Legal Bills Can Be Disclosed
April 26, 2013
A recent Legal Intelligencer story, “Client Identities, Legal Bills Can Be Disclosed, Court Rules,” reports that the disclosure of client identities is only protected by the...
How to Protect Against Outside Counsel Overbilling
April 23, 2013
A recent Corporate Counsel story, “How to Protect Against Outside Counsel Overbilling,” written by Steven Barentzen offers tips for corporate counsel to protect themselves against...
Class counsel are seeking attorney fees of $720 million and $27 million in expenses in the Visa/MasterCard Merchant Antitrust MDL. The fee request represents 10 percent of the estimated value of...
A recent The American Lawyer story, “With Record Settlement Under Fire, Lawyers in Credit Card Case Ask for $720 Million in Fees,” quoted NALFA as the expert source for...
Court Awards $15M in Attorney Fees in AIG Class Action
April 12, 2013
A recent New York Law Journal story, “U.S. Judge Approves $115M Settlement in AIG Class Action,” reports that a federal judge in Manhattan yesterday approved a $115 million settlement...