June 22, 2015
McCuneWright LLP attorneys who helped win a $203 million judgment against Wells Fargo NA for reordering customers' debit transactions to maximize overdraft fees said Friday they will appeal a California federal judge's order awarding $19 million in fees to McCuneWright and another firm, well below the $51 million requested.
May 22, 2015
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP won't be taking home the $51 million it sought for winning a $203 million overdraft fee class action judgment against Wells Fargo Bank NA, after a California federal judge said Thursday he couldn't justify the "unreasonable" fee, capping it at $19 million.
May 21, 2015
A California federal judge said Thursday he'll likely grant Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP a "handsome" award for its help winning Wells Fargo Bank NA customers a $203 million judgment in a class action over the bank's overdraft fees, but not the $51 million it seeks.
March 30, 2015
Attorneys who won a $203 million judgment against Wells Fargo NA for reordering customers' debit transactions to maximize overdraft fees can't point to "subjective" information to justify their $51 million fee request as the parties enter limited discovery related to the disputed fees, a California federal judge ruled Friday.
February 17, 2015
Counsel for a class of consumers who won a $203 million judgment against Wells Fargo Bank NA on Tuesday asked a California federal judge for more than $51 million in attorneys' fees and costs, saying the fees are reasonable because they amount to the Ninth Circuit's 25 percent benchmark.
May 15, 2013
A California federal judge on Tuesday reinstated a $203 million class action penalty against Wells Fargo Bank NA for processing debits in a manner that maximized overdraft fees, finding that the bank's marketing materials violated fraud provisions of the state's consumer protection law.
May 02, 2013
A class of Wells Fargo Bank NA customers urged a California federal judge Thursday to reinstate his $203 million judgment against the bank for processing debits in a manner that maximized overdraft fees, four months after the Ninth Circuit reversed the award and remanded the case.