Fee-Shifting, Class Action

Supreme Court Decides Pleading Standard to Allege ERISA Prohibited-Transaction Claims, Favoring Plaintiffs

Goodwin on 4/21/2025

Key takeaway: The Supreme Court held that to state an ERISA prohibited-transaction claim under 29 U.S.C. § 1106(a), a plaintiff needs only to plausibly allege the elements contained in § 1106(a) itself and does not need to...more

Attorneys’ Fees Can Be Won By Plaintiffs Even If Some Claims Are Defeated Or Withdrawn: What’s Going On?

Fox Rothschild LLP on 3/13/2023

I have defended numerous FLSA class actions and a big reason that these cases settle is due to the fee-shifting nature of the statutes involved. A defendant employer not only has to pay his lawyer’s fees but it also faces...more

Third Circuit Shoots Down Exorbitant Demand For Attorneys’ Fees Where Plaintiffs Win Only A Few Thousand Dollars: There Is Hope!

Fox Rothschild LLP on 6/29/2021

A big part of defending any wage hour case and settling such a case is the issue of attorneys’ fees for the plaintiff’s lawyer. Plaintiff attorneys are always having grandiose notions of what they are entitled to and these...more

Ninth Circuit Curtails Consumers’ Class Claims Under the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act

Ballard Spahr LLP on 7/31/2020

Resolving an issue of first impression before it, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA) “may not be used to evade the specific numerosity requirement”...more

Consumer Advocates’ Proposed “Arbitration Multiplier” Is a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

Ballard Spahr LLP on 9/14/2018

According to a forthcoming article by Professors Andrea Chandrasekher and David Horton in the California Law Review, more consumers and their lawyers would take advantage of individual arbitration if states enacted...more

Ridgeway v. Walmart Stores, Inc. – A Reminder That There Are Few Bright Line Rules in Class Action Attorneys’ Fees Awards.

Kilpatrick on 9/25/2017

On September 14, 2017, the Northern District of California entered its order awarding attorneys’ fees to plaintiffs’ class action counsel in Ridgeway v. Walmart Stores, Inc., No. 08-cv-05221-SI, 2017 WL 4071293 (N.D. Cal....more

Fee-Shifting › Class Action

Supreme Court Decides Pleading Standard to Allege ERISA Prohibited-Transaction Claims, Favoring Plaintiffs

Attorneys’ Fees Can Be Won By Plaintiffs Even If Some Claims Are Defeated Or Withdrawn: What’s Going On?

Third Circuit Shoots Down Exorbitant Demand For Attorneys’ Fees Where Plaintiffs Win Only A Few Thousand Dollars: There Is Hope!

Ninth Circuit Curtails Consumers’ Class Claims Under the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act

Consumer Advocates’ Proposed “Arbitration Multiplier” Is a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

Ridgeway v. Walmart Stores, Inc. – A Reminder That There Are Few Bright Line Rules in Class Action Attorneys’ Fees Awards.

In Bizarre Procedural Posture, Ninth Circuit Finds FCRA Willful Violation

Highlights from the ABA Institute on Class Actions

Southern District of Florida Case Challenging Bylaw Requiring Minimum Stake to Sue Dismissed

Two Cases From NC Business Court: Class Action Fees Doubled And Expedited Discovery Denied

Evolving Private Remedies for Competition Infringements in Europe: Class Actions in the U.K.

Business Lit Ledger - Fall 2015

Inside The Courts - May 2014 | Volume 6 | Issue 2

Proposals For Settlement: How To Draft Ones That Will Stick And How To Deal With Them When They Land On Your Desk

Fee-Shifting › Class Action

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