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Lawyers Choose Sides—In Move That Could Derail Settlements Over Benzene Recalls

Settlements over the 2021 recalls of consumer products like aerosol sunscreen and deodorant are under attack from both from well-known class action objector Ted Frank and other plaintiffs lawyers, who claim they were shut out of the negotiations.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Manhattan Law Firm Alleges California Firm Hasn't Paid It $237K for Work on Class-Action Case

The dispute stemmed from a 2013 nationwide class-action litigation in California captioned Cortina v. Wal-Mart Stores, which was dismissed without prejudice in 2017.
2 minute read

Texas Lawyer

New Frontier in Attorney Fees: $200,000 Awarded in Star Trek Actor's Failed Defamation Suit

Vic Mignogna sued Funimation and others for defamation, conspiracy, tortious interference with existing contracts and prospective business relations.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Referral Fees Create Complications for PI Lawyers, Even With Fee-Sharing Paper Trail

A new lawsuit highlights that referral fees, very common among personal injury lawyers, can lead to plenty of disputes, even when lawyers document fee-sharing agreements.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

What Litigators Charged: Bracewell's Fixed Rate Shaved $6 Million in Attorney Fees

"The 2017 agreement resulted in an increasing discount, valued at approximately $6,011,560, to BMC over time." said U.S. Sr. District Judge Gray H. Miller
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

$795/Hour: Greenberg Traurig Team Earned More Than $1M in Attorney Fees

"Here in the U.S., many lawyers think they can file a lawsuit and they don't have to consider the risk that their client might have to pay the other side's attorney fees," said Gregory Herbert, a shareholder at Greenberg Traurig.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Judge Awards $8.3M in Attorney Fees and Costs to Chemical Company That Won $12.8M Verdict

Judge Christine Ward of the Allegheny Court of Common Pleas also expanded a previous delay damage award to cover a time period she had previously excluded because the holdup was due to the pandemic-induced statewide judicial emergency.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Benefits of Cost Shifting and the English Rule in International Arbitration

This article examines how the English Rule ensures that parties obtain complete relief, and how that rule assists in regulating party and counsel conduct.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Judge Closes Cost Dispute in Eggs Antitrust Litigation, Saying Winning Defendant May Recoup $182K in Costs

In the time since the start of the litigation, many defendants settled, and three remaining defendants went on to trial against a group of grocery store chains designated as direct action plaintiffs.
3 minute read

Law.com

In TikTok's $92M Privacy Settlement, Judge Takes Hands-On Approach to Legal Fees

U.S. District Judge John Lee granted final approval to a $92 million privacy settlement with TikTok but, acknowledging tensions among the lawyers in the case, designated how much each plaintiffs firm should get in attorney fees.
4 minute read

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