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.
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 Amanda Bronstad | February 5, 2021
One lawyer called the request a "money grab," particularly given that lead counsel got $2 billion in fees for settling their own cases last year.
By Scott Graham | January 5, 2021
The e-commerce giant's win over Innovation Sciences comes in an appellate ruling from a Virginia case. Last summer Amazon swept a jury trial against the same patent owner.
By Amanda Bronstad | December 2, 2020
The explosive lawsuit, filed by Chicago plaintiffs' firm Edelson PC on Wednesday, alleges that Tom Girardi and his firm, Girardi Keese, used funds from settlements with Boeing over the 2018 Lion Air crash to pay off litigation financing firms and to continue paying for an "outrageous lifestyle." The suit also names "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Erika Jayne, who filed for divorce from Girardi last month, and two of the firm's lenders.
By Amanda Bronstad | December 1, 2020
In a proposed amicus brief, 12 state attorneys general, including 10 that were part of a $113 million settlement with Apple last month, criticized the $87.7 million in attorney fees proposed in a class action settlement over older Apple iPhones.
By Amanda Bronstad | October 7, 2020
Apple Inc. and several objectors, including one represented by class action critic Ted Frank, insist that an attorney fee request of $87.7 million, which is 28.3% of the $310 million settlement, is excessive.
By Scott Graham | August 6, 2020
U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman said she's "really very troubled" by the shifting theories patentee PersonalWeb Technologies pursued over the course of the case. But she sounded wary of awarding Amazon the entire $6.1 million it's seeking.
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