Bills Include NFL Investigative Report And Brady Suspension Activities/Appeals. According to an ESPN analysis, the legal bills in the New England Patriots/Tom Brady “Deflategate” controversy are hefty and still mounting. The NFL has spent around $12.5 million, including the expenses for the Wells Report which was a lengthy investigative piece generating a lot […]
Pharrell and Thicke Tentative Fee Decision. On March 14, 2016, U.S. District Judge John A. Kronstadt (C.D. Cal.) orally announced a tentative decision that Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke should not have to pay Marvin Gaye’s family $3.5 million in legal fees despite the fact they lost a copyright infringement case. The district
Public Filings Had Sext-Laden Submissions. In a case which can only be described as entertaining (among other things, apparently involving sext-laden messages), Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Terry A. Green has granted defendant Colleen Brown, American Apparel chair, $112,000 out of a requested $167,315 in attorney’s fees for successfully SLAPPing former founder
Some Lawyers May Charge As Much As $2,000/Hour. Martha Neil, in an ABA Journal online article posted February 8, 2016, reports that some top partners at BigLaw firms are now billing at rates close to $1,500 per hour. Many of these rates come from large firms billing in high profile Chapter 11 bankruptcy
$1.367 Million Expenditures Over Thirty Years On Public Areas, With $13.3 Million In Fees And $1.7 Million To Class Counsel. On February 9, 2016, U.S. District Judge Consuelo B. Marshall of the Central District of California gave preliminary approval to a substantial American with Disabilities Act class action settlement by which the City
L.A. County Attorney Payment Statistics Are Out For 2014-2015. For 2014-2015, Los Angeles County paid $59 million for attorney’s fees and costs to both in-house and outside counsel, a 7% increase from the prior year. For matters going to trial, the County won 64% of the time, although many cases were settled. The
30% of Recovery Was Fair. Based on general news reports, class action counsel in Cathode Ray Tube Antitrust Litig., No. 3:07-cv-05944 (N.D. Cal.) were awarded $38.2 million in attorney’s fees in settlement of an antitrust class action involving allegations of a price-fixing conspiracy for cathode ray tubes. The fee award was around 30%
Dartmouth Football Team, 1901. 1.7 Multiplier Awarded By N.D. Cal. District Judge. On December 10, 2015, U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilkens of the Northern District of California awarded lead plaintiffs’ counsel almost $12 million in fees for work leading to the settlements in a class action case brought by student athletes
Class Counsel Asked For $100.8 Million In Fees/Expenses But Were Awarded “Only” $74 Million. On December 4, 2015, a New York federal district judge awarded class counsel in the JP Morgan Chase mortgage-backed securities class action about $74 million in fees and costs based on a $388 million settlement. This was less than
T.V. Executive Claims He Was “Stiffed” For $14 Million. In Los Angeles County Superior Court, there is quite a battle going on between a T.V. executive and the Survivor mastermind’s former partner relating to compensation allegedly owed in connection with the T.V. Survivor series. Briefly told, plaintiff T.V. executive sued the defendant
