Oct 14, 2010
2nd Circuit Recognizes Firm’s Contribution, but Rebuffs $17 Million Fee Request
A law firm that claimed it was “solely responsible” for a $245 million class action settlement has lost its bid to receive an additional $17 million in attorney fees. While the 2nd Circuit agreed that non-lead counsel Chimicles & Tikellis had conferred a substantial benefit on the class, it held that the district court had not erred when it approved the lead counsel’s allocation of only $155,610 in attorney fees to the firm. The fee dispute arose from a wave of suits brought against Adelphia Communications.