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Connecticut Law Tribune

Judge Preliminarily Approves $18.5M Settlement With Viridian Energy

A federal judge has granted preliminary approval of a class action settlement against Viridian Energy. The settlement is worth $18.5 million.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

DOJ Urges Judge to Reject $10.8M NJ Class Settlement As 'Windfall' to Lawyers

"A suit attacking such insignificant harms does not warrant [$1.7 million] in compensation to class counsel," the DOJ contends.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Attorney Fee Debate Heats Up as Florida Supreme Court Accepts Case

“Whenever you're dealing with attorney fees, it's a very sensitive issue," attorney Roy Oppenheim said. "The court should have known that they were going to create a ruckus and a firestorm."
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

In Fight for Attorney Fees, Broward Attorney Blasts Court

"If courts think they're going to suck the oxygen out of the room, they're wrong," foreclosure defense attorney Roy Oppenheim said.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

South Florida Court Ruling Is a Catch-22 for Foreclosure Defendants Looking to Collect Attorney Fees

Foreclosure defendants can't have it both ways when a lender loses a foreclosure lawsuit for lack of standing.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Judge Hires Special Master to Vet Attorney Bills in Anthem Settlement

"I'm deeply disappointed," U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh told lead plaintiffs attorney Eve Cervantez at a hearing on Thursday in San Jose.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Law Firm Can't Avoid Contingency Fee Cap in Discrimination Case, Court Rules

Costello & Mains, seeking a 45 percent contingency fee in a student discrimination case, has twice failed in convincing a court that actions based on statute are not subject to contingency limits set out by court rule.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Manhattan IP Firm's $1.2M Fee Suit Trimmed, but Moves Forward

IP boutique Springut Law's remaining claims against a telecommunications patent holding company and its late president, Gerald Weinberger, continue to be contested in the heated, three-and-a-half-year-old legal battle.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Client Fee Suit Continues Against Nassau County Law Firm That Skipped Retainer, Invoices

An Appellate Division, First Department, panel ruled that the lawsuit launched by physician Alan Dubrow against his former lawyers at Herman & Beinin must go forward.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Morgan Stanley Sues Former Adviser for Close to $1 Million in Unpaid Loans

An arbitrator has ruled that Jonathan Lake owes Morgan Stanley Smith Barney nearly $1 million that he borrowed but apparently did not pay back. A judge will sign off on the award.
3 minute read

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