By Amanda Bronstad | March 9, 2021
The fee request, outlined in a Monday court filing, is part of a $641.25 million settlement with the state of Michigan, former Michigan Gov. Richard Snyder, the city of Flint, and several individual government defendants. It includes both common benefit fees and a 27% cap on contingency fees.
By Jason Grant | March 8, 2021
While ruling in lawyer Steven Donziger's favor on one civil contempt-of-court count, and reversing a sanctions award tied to it, the majority panel also took pains to make clear to Donziger that his past litigation fundraising actions that led to that contempt finding will not be tolerated again.
By Alan R. Feigenbaum | March 5, 2021
Under law, the non-monied spouse is presumptively entitled to an award of interim counsel fees to be on equal footing with the monied spouse when seeking, inter alia, his or her equitable share of the marital estate. Does the judicial power to fashion an equitable distribution award after trial that potentially hamstrings the non-monied spouse for receiving that very award before trial create a Catch-22 for the non-monied spouse? The answer is not cut and dried.
By Amanda Bronstad | March 3, 2021
U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria appeared likely to trim an estimated $800 million in common benefit fees to lead counsel. He even questioned the need for a common benefit order at all. "The fact that something is repeatedly done in MDLs doesn't mean courts have authority to do it," he said at a Wednesday hearing.
By Scott Graham | March 3, 2021
PersonalWeb Technologies had accused more than 80 Amazon customers of infringement. Judge Beth Labson Freeman wrote that, even accounting only for fees tied to PersonalWeb's misconduct, Amazon was entitled to about 75% of its request.
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By Ellen Bardash | March 3, 2021
Chancellor Andre Bouchard said he intends to issue a ruling before he steps down from the post on April 30 and said no more fee petitions are to be filed until a decision is made.
By Tom McParland | March 1, 2021
Gibson Dunn had represented home-renting service HomeAway in a 2018 lawsuit that challenged the constitutionality of Local Law 146, which sought to regulate what the city saw as adverse effects of short-term rentals in residential buildings.
By Amanda Bronstad | February 19, 2021
"The simple fact remains that all Roundup attorneys and plaintiffs have benefitted from MDL leadership's efforts," lead counsel wrote in a Thursday filing. They responded to more than a dozen law firms that objected to an 8.25% holdback on their settlements with Monsanto for "common benefit" fees.
By Amanda Bronstad | February 17, 2021
At a Zoom hearing Wednesday before U.S. District Judge Edward Davila, many objectors insisted that plaintiffs lawyers failed to justify such an award, which is 28.3% of the $310 million settlement, and suggested fees of closer to $36 million.
By Greg Land | February 8, 2021
Embroiled in litigation against three former members of his law firm, libel lawyer L. Lin Wood last week agreed to drop counterclaims of defamation and false light in return for their pledge to drop an Anti-SLAPP motion and potential fees.
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