PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) - Citing its “special responsibility” to scrutinize plaintiff fees in class action litigation, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a $3.7 million fee awarded to three law firms in a lawsuit over allegedly defective BMW engines because they didn’t provide detailed enough billing records.
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) - Citing its “special responsibility” to scrutinize plaintiff fees in class action litigation, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a $3.7 million fee awarded to three law firms in a lawsuit over allegedly defective BMW engines because they didn’t provide detailed enough billing records.
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DraftKings Settles MDL For $720K Plus $7M In Site Credit
Law360 (March 3, 2021, 7:16 PM EST) Daily fantasy sports site DraftKings Inc. on Wednesday settled its part of a multidistrict lawsuit filed by players who accused the platform of running an illegal gambling enterprise, agreeing to pay $720,000 plus more than $7 million in site credit while taking steps to curb compulsive playing.
The deal ends the Boston-based website s involvement in a suit led by attorneys from Napoli Shkolnik PLLC, Jones Ward PLC and Kantrowitz Goldhamer & Graifman PC, who, along with liaison counsel Todd & Weld LLP, stand to make $2 million in fees and expenses for their work on the case.
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