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Arkansas Teacher Retirement System v. State Street Corporation et al

  1. August 08, 2018

    Firms Swoop In On Labaton's Lead Role Amid Billing Dispute

    McTigue Law LLP and Beins Axelrod PC made a play on Tuesday to take over as lead counsel to a class of retirement plans after reading in a court filing that Labaton Sucharow LLP had yet to distribute $60 million the class is owed under a 2016 settlement with State Street Corp.

  2. August 06, 2018

    Labaton, Thornton Want Special Master Out Of Fee Dispute

    A special master who suggested a team of lawyers overbilled a class of 1,300 institutional State Street clients by at least $10 million has no authority to chime in when the law firms criticize the findings, Labaton Sucharow LLP and Thornton Law Firm LLP argued Monday.

  3. August 01, 2018

    Ark. Lawmakers Probe Labaton's $4M 'Referral Fee' To Atty

    A Massachusetts federal judge who has questioned the links between Labaton Sucharow LLP, an Arkansas public pension fund and a lawyer who was paid at least $4.1 million for making an introduction revealed on Wednesday that the Arkansas Legislature is investigating and has sought access to sealed documents.

  4. July 25, 2018

    1st Circ. Denies Labaton Bid To DQ Judge In $75M Fee Fight

    The First Circuit on Wednesday denied an emergency request by Labaton Sucharow LLP seeking to have the federal judge overseeing a messy $75 million attorneys' fee fight removed, saying the firm did not meet the high bar necessary for such a step.

  5. July 13, 2018

    ERISA Counsel Go After $3.4M In $75M State St. Fee Row

    Employee Retirement Income Security Act counsel who worked on a $300 million settlement with State Street Corp. that has spawned a fight over $75 million in attorneys' fees told a Massachusetts federal judge that they should get a $3.4 million disgorgement recommended by a special master investigating the fee flub.

  6. June 29, 2018

    State Street Fraud Case Firms Punch Back At Special Master

    After a special master appointed to investigate double billing in a $300 million State Street fraud settlement recommended Labaton Sucharow LLP, Thornton Law Firm LLP and Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP return up to $10.6 million of $75 million in attorneys' fees, the firms vigorously punched back in Massachusetts federal court on Thursday and Friday.

  7. June 28, 2018

    Firms In State Street Row Should Cut $10.6M In Fees: Report

    A former federal judge serving as special master in a billing dispute following a $300 million State Street fraud settlement recommended that three law firms, Labaton Sucharow LLP, Thornton Law Firm LLP and Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, return up to $10.6 million of $75 million in attorneys' fees in a report unsealed Thursday in Massachusetts federal court.

  8. June 22, 2018

    Labaton Asks For Judges' Communications In $75M Fee Fight

    Labaton Sucharow LLP, entangled in a messy fight over $75 million in attorneys' fees, asked a Massachusetts federal judge on Friday to compel a former judge to reveal ex parte communications between the two jurists, including those suggesting public corruption allegations that the firm has called "baseless."

  9. June 21, 2018

    Labaton Sucharow Can't Get Judge Recused In $75M Fee Row

    A Massachusetts federal judge on Thursday said he would not recuse himself after three firms, including Labaton Sucharow LLP, accused of misconduct in an ongoing $75 million attorneys' fee fight asked him to step aside, pointing to potential conflicts and "inflammatory" statements made by the judge.

  10. June 07, 2018

    Plaintiff Linked To $75M Attys' Fees Flap Wants To Stay On

    The lead plaintiff in a class action settlement at the heart of a $75 million attorneys' fees dispute involving allegations of lawyer misconduct defiantly told a Massachusetts federal judge that he wants to stay on as class representative, a week after the judge grilled him on whether stepping aside was the right move.

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