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The Obama Administration and the House Natural Resources Committee have each proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The changes proposed by the House Natural Resources Committee focus on giving additional transparency to the process of...

Section 6-21.5 of the North Carolina General Statutes is the closest thing the State has to " loser pays ." It allows for the award of attorneys' fees to a prevailing party "if the court finds that there was a complete absence of a...

When I first looked at Judge Murphy's (unpublished) Order in Ehrenhaus v. Baker earlier this month awarding attorneys' fees to the class action attorneys who sued Wachovia and Wells Fargo over their merger in 2008, I was disappointed, though the...

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has granted attorneys’ fees in the amount of $544.8 million, and expenses in the amount of $27,037,716.97, in the antitrust class action brought in 2005 by merchants against Visa, MasterCard...

Efforts by the court-appointed receiver for the $600 million ZeekRewards Ponzi scheme for court approval of a process to distribute assets to victims are currently on hold as a group of lawyers representing a small subset of victims has objected on the...

This article was reprinted with permission from FCPA Professor This recent guest post on the FCPA Blog regarding Wal-Mart, specifically its disclosed pre-enforcement action professional fees and expenses, stated “some FCPA watchers are so indignant...

For chapter 11 debtor's lawyers, Matter of Pro-Snax Distributors, Inc. , 157 F.3d 414 (5th Cir. 1998) [ an enhanced version of this opinion is available to lexis.com subscribers ] is like the sword of Damocles--constantly hanging over counsel's...

Law360, Chicago (June 11, 2013, 1:41 PM ET) -- The U.S. Department of Justice's bankruptcy watchdog arm on Tuesday released its long-awaited new framework for scrutinizing attorneys' fees in large Chapter 11 cases, hoping to boost transparency...