A recent The Wall Street Journal blog story, “How Much is $300 Million in Attorneys’ Fees?”, recognizes NALFA as the industry source for attorney fee and legal billing...
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Plaintiffs Win Record Setting Fee Award
December 20, 2011
A recent Thomson Reuters story, “Plaintiffs Atty in So. Copper Case get $285M Fee” reports that plaintiffs’ attorneys in a shareholder suit involving Southern Copper Corp. won a...
A recently NLJ story, “IP Boutique Sues Former Client for More than $561K in Fees, Expenses”, reports that Lando & Anastasi, an intellectual property boutique, has sued former client...
Firm Can't Withdraw From Case Despite Unpaid Legal Bills
December 12, 2011
A recent NLJ story, “Defense Counsel May Not Pull out of Patent Case Despite Client’s Nonpayment” reports that a federal magistrate judge has denied a bid by a Minneapolis firm...
A recent The Legal Intelligencer story, “Pa. Judges Uphold $5.6 Mil. Brake Class Action Against Kia” reports that the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania upheld a Philadelphia court class action...
Wisconsin Governor Signs Bill Capping Attorney Fees into Law
December 8, 2011
Republican Governor Scott Walker signed a bill Wednesday designed to limit attorney compensation. The law, 2011 Wisconsin Act 92 (pdf), would require judges to award attorney fees to no more...
Plaintiffs' Lawyers Seek Reserve Fund in BP Oil Spill Case
December 6, 2011
A recent New York Times story, “Plaintiffs’ Lawyers in a Bitter Dispute Over Fees in Gulf Oil Spill Cases” reports that plaintiffs' lawyers are seeking a reserve fund to help cover...
Losing Plaintiff on the Hook for $8.4M in Attorney Fees
December 1, 2011
A recent The Recorder story “Linear Technology on the Hook for $8.4 Million in Attorney Fees” reports that a California court of appeals upheld a defense judgment in favor of Novellus...
Judge Reduces Fees in Patent Case
November 30, 2011
A recent Legal Intelligencer story, “Western District Judge Slashes Attorney Fees in Patent Case” reports that a federal judge awarded less than half of the requested attorney fees for the...
New Study Examines Attorney Fee Awards in Federal Class Actions
November 29, 2011
In a new academic paper, “An Empirical Study of Class Action Settlements and their Fee Awards” (pdf), Law Professor Brian T. Fitzpatrick of Vanderbilt University Law School examines...