Forum (Forum & Focus)
Sep. 19, 2008
Proving Good Judgment, Efficiency Is Key to Obtaining a Fee Award
In arguing for an award of attorney fees, there are certain proof steps that you have to be prepared to follow in your presentation to the court, writes Ken Moscaret. - Forum Column
FORUM COLUMN
By Ken Moscaret This month, in the largest securities class action lawsuit in U.S. history, the Enron case, the U.S. District Court in Houston made a very large fee award to the lead plaintiff's counsel. It actually set a record. I was one of the attorney fee expert witnesses before the U.S. District Court in Enron, and the sole "lodestar" fee expert testifying about reasonable hourly rates, hours billed, case ...
To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!
Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)
Already a subscriber?
Sign In