Critical Mass: Judge's Fee Inquiry Delves Into Hints of Political Corruption. Plus, Koh Remains Displeased by Databreach Case Fee Petition
A federal judge in Boston who started off a year ago looking at a $75 million fee request in a case against State Street is now hinting at public corruption involving Labaton Sucharow--a notion the firm is adamantly fighting.
June 20, 2018 at 01:11 PM
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Critical Mass Law.com Amanda Bronstad $75 million fee request State Street Labaton Sucharow U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh Anthem data breach lead counsel Intel [email protected] @abronstadlaw. ➤➤ Would you like to receive Critical Mass as an email? Sign up here. 
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Roadblock in State Street Fee Inquiry
potential overbilling $75 million fee request State Street public corruption Labaton here Quick background U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf special master My story Arkansas pension fund Arkansas state legislator two plaintiffs lawyers 20 percent of Labaton's fees Labaton is fighting back Adam Pritchard University of Michigan Law School “I don't think that the representative from the Arkansas firm's testimony suggests that he was negotiating for the best deal for the class, and that may have given the judge some pause,” he said. “Here, you have a lawyer who has the requisite connections to the people running the pension fund. In exchange for making the introduction and maybe encouraging the pension fund to use that law firm, they're getting compensation. 
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Koh Still Unhappy Over Anthem Fees
U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh “deeply disappointed” Anthem data breach $38 million fee request Here Law.com Ross Todd huge roster of law firms seeking fees--53 $9 million Altshuler Berzon Cohen Milstein Lieff Cabraser Girard Gibbs “She wanted the names of individual lawyers, hours worked, and rates charged by the plaintiffs for depositions, discovery, and settlement work. The plaintiffs' lawyers were relatively patient. They continued to explain that they had a lot of lawyers working with the name plaintiffs that they initially brought to the MDL for deposition and discovery purposes. And they claim the amount of documents produced in discovery created a 'crisis' where they had to call on other firms who didn't have a name plaintiff.” 
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Opioid Cases Clear Hurdle in NY
New York judge opioid drug manufacturers Here Why does it matter? first substantive ruling moved to dismiss multidistrict litigation here Suffolk County Supreme Court Judge Jerry Garguilo's federal preemption public nuisance In other opioid news Legal Services Corp Sidley Austin David Hoffman
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