Szaferman Lakind Blumstein Blader & Lehman v. Parise in Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, is summarized as follows: Facts: Defendants retained Plaintiff attorneys in an underlying...
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Plaintiffs' Firms Plan for $150M Fee Request in BofA Case
October 1, 2012
A recent Thomson Reuters story, “Plaintiffs’ Firms Plan for $150M in Fees in BofA Case,” reports that plaintiffs’ law firms at the center of the $2.43 billion class action...
When the Government Pays the Legal Bills
September 27, 2012
A recent The New York Times story, “Adding Up the Government’s Legal Bills for Fannie and Freddie,” reports that the legal bills from former executives at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac...
Former Goldman Sachs Employee Seeks Attorney Fees from Investment Bank
September 26, 2012
A recent WSJ Law Blog post, “Ex-Goldman Programmer Seeks Legal Fees from Investment Bank,” reports that a one-time Goldman Sachs computer programmer, Sergey Aleynikov, sued his former...
Plaintiffs Renew Request for Attorney Fees in Black Farmers Case
September 25, 2012
A recent BLT blog post, “Lawyers in Black Farmers Case Renew Request for $90M in Fees,” reports that the attorneys who secured a $1.25 billion settlement for black farmers in a...
NALFA: Judge Big Attorney Fee Awards By Work AND Results
September 24, 2012
There's been a lot of hand-wringing by the WSJ and Thomson Reuters News over big attorney fee awards in recent shareholder class actions. See “Foretelling the End of Money-for-Nothing...
Delaware Supreme Court Won't Revisit Record Setting Fee Award
September 21, 2012
A recent Reuters story, “Delaware Supreme Court Won’t Revisit Record $305 Million Attorneys’ Fee,” reports that the Delaware Supreme Court declined to consider a challenge to...
Plaintiffs Seek $144M in Fees in Avandia MDL
September 20, 2012
A recent The Legal Intelligencer story, “Avandia Plaintiff Counsel Seek Approval of Nearly $144 Mil. in Fees,” reports that as the federal Avandia MDL draws to a close after 65,000 claims...
Federal Judge Reduces Prevailing Defendant's Fee Request
September 18, 2012
A recent New York Law Journal story, “Judge Slashes Kramer Levin’s ‘Breathtaking’ Request for Fees,” reports that a federal judge has rejected a...
U.S. Trustee Program Seeks Updated Billing Guidelines in Bankruptcy Cases
September 17, 2012
In a recent Thomson Reuters story, “Lawyers Under Fire for Boosting Fees on Bankrupt Companies,” reports that in June, members of the U.S. Trustee Program (USTP) met to discuss proposed...