Their overall conclusion is that in the vast majority of cases, fees are determined after the fact, based only on the size of settlement and the biases of the court. The professors argue that their ...

Nov 3 (Reuters) - A new appellate decision, opens new tab addressing fee awards for class action lawyers asks a piquant math question: If a trial judge opts to calculate fees based on a percentage of ...

There’s something uniquely interesting about judicial opinions involving class action attorneys’ fees. For class counsel, it’s the culmination of years of work. They researched the claim, brought the ...

Judge Gene Pratter approved a $3.2 million counsel fee award in a data breach class action against Wawa for the second time. The Third Circuit had vacated her first approval in light of a challenge ...

When parties to a class action reach a settlement agreement and include a clause that defendant will not oppose class counsel's attorney fee award, they may expect that the unopposed fee will be ...

A federal judge is scheduled to hear arguments early next month in an increasingly nasty fight over $1.7 million in fees five class-action law firms want for negotiating a settlement over allegedly ...