Multidistrict litigation (MDL) functions similar to class action lawsuits, with several key differences, including how courts address attorneys’ fees. However, as more mass tort cases are...
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Circuit Sets Guidelines for Attorney Fees in FOIA Cases
August 24, 2012
A recent BLT Blog story, “Appeals Court Sets Guidelines for Attorney Fees in FOIA Cases,” reports that for the first time since the District of Columbia adopted its Freedom of...
Fifth Circuit: No Fee Enhancements for Bankruptcy Cases
August 23, 2012
A recent NLJ story, “Fee Enhancement Limits Don’t Extend to Bankruptcy, Fifth Circuit Rules,” reports that a recent appellate holding that bankruptcy cases aren’t governed by a...
A recent Thomson Reuters story, “Plaintiffs’ Lawyers to Receive all the Cash in Moody’s Derivative Settlement,” reports that plaintiffs’ firms asked U.S. District Judge...
Judge Cuts Attorney Fees in Apple iPhone 4 Settlement
August 14, 2012
A recent The Recorder story, “Whyte Takes a Bite out of Attorney Fees in Apple Settlement,” reports that a class action Apple Inc., claiming that faulty antennas in the iPhone 4 caused bad...
NFL Commissioner Seeks Attorney Fees in Defamation Suit
August 10, 2012
A recent Forbes story, “Roger Goodell Seeks Attorney’s Fees and Discovery Stay in Jonathan Vilma’s Defamation Suit,” reports that the National Football League Commissioner...
Congressman Peter Defazio (D-OR) recently introduced H.R. 6245 (pdf). The working title of the house bill is the “Saving High-Tech Innovators Egregious Legal Dispute Act of 2012”...
A recent NLJ story, “Prius Plaintiffs Attorneys ask Ninth Circuit to Rescue Their Fee Award,” reports that five plaintiffs firms that obtained a class action settlement over alleged...
Attorney Fees in Air Cargo Antitrust Case Near $93M
August 6, 2012
A recent Thomson Reuters story, “Attorney Fees in Air Cargo Case Near $93 Million,” reports that a Brooklyn federal judge has awarded $54.4 million to plaintiffs’ counsel in a class...
First Circuit Tosses $30M Fee Award in Volkswagen Case
August 1, 2012
A recent NLJ story, “First Circuit Tosses $30 Million Fee Award Volkswagen Case,” reports that a federal appeals court threw out a Boston federal judge’s $30 million attorney fee...