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Mark Petri v. Stericycle, Incorporated, et al
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January 30, 2023
An Illinois federal judge on Monday awarded Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP $7.7 million in attorney fees for its work as lead counsel on a $45 million settlement between waste disposal company Stericycle and its shareholders after the Seventh Circuit vacated a previous award over a class member's objections.
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May 18, 2022
The Seventh Circuit on Wednesday vacated an $11 million fee award for Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP's work on a $45 million settlement between waste disposal company Stericycle and its shareholders, finding that the district court "did not give sufficient weight" to points raised in a class member's objection.
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December 08, 2020
An objecting class member told the Seventh Circuit on Tuesday that a lower court should have allowed discovery before awarding Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP $11 million in fees from a $45 million settlement between waste disposal company Stericycle and its stockholders accusing it of overstating its projected earnings.
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December 02, 2020
Two Bernstein Litowitz attorneys told the Seventh Circuit on Tuesday they can back up their characterization of opposing counsel as a notorious class action objector who profits from blowing up class settlements, and say they shouldn't be sanctioned for the description.
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November 23, 2020
A Stericycle shareholder appealing a 25% cut that Bernstein Litowitz received from representing investors in a $45 million settlement with the solid waste hauler is pressing the Seventh Circuit to reprimand a firm attorney, saying he called the shareholder's own lawyer a "notorious professional objector" despite knowing the allegation was baseless.
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July 29, 2020
A Stericycle Inc. shareholder is objecting to an $11 million fee award to Bernstein Litowitz and other firms that represented investors in a $45 million settlement with the waste service provider, telling the Seventh Circuit the fees were potentially inflated by a pay-to-play scheme.