William B. Rubenstein, Esq.

Articles in Class Action Attorney Fee Digest

“Supreme Court Round-Up,” 4 Class Action Att'y Fee Dig. 251 (July 2010).

“SCOTUS Okays Performance Enhancements In Federal Fee Shifting Cases – At Least In Principle,” 4 Class Action Att'y Fee Dig. 135 (April 2010).

“The Puzzling Persistence of the “Mega-fund” Concept,” 4 Class Action Att'y Fee Dig. 39 (Feb. 2010).

“2009: Class Action Fee Awards Go Out With A Bang Not A Whimper,” 3 Class Action Att'y Fee Dig. 483 (Dec. 2009).

“Privatizing Government Litigation: Do Campaign Contributors Have an Inside Track?,” 3 Class Action Att'y Fee Dig. 407 (Oct. 2009).

“Supreme Court Preview,” 3 Class Action Att'y Fee Dig. 307 (Aug. 2009).

“Supreme Court Round-Up,” 3 Class Action Att'y Fee Dig. 259 (July 2009).

“What We Now Know About How Lead Plaintiffs Select Lead Counsel (And Hence Who Gets Attorneys Fees!) In Securities Cases,” 3 Class Action Att'y Fee Dig. 219 (June 2009).

“Beware Of Ex Ante Incentive Award Agreements,” 3 Class Action Att'y Fee Dig. 175 (May 2009).

“On What A ‘Common Benefit Fee’ Is, Is Not, and Should Be,” 3 Class Action Att'y Fee Dig. 87 (Mar. 2009).

“2009: Emerging Issues in Class Action Fee Awards,”  3 Class Action Att'y Fee Dig. 3 (Jan. 2009).

“2008: The Year in Class Action Fee Awards,” 2 Class Action Att'y Fee Dig. 465 (Dec. 2008).

“The Largest Fee Award – Ever!,” 2 Class Action Att'y Fee Dig. 337 (Sep. 2008).

“Why Are Fee Reductions Always 50%?: On The Imprecision Of Sanctions For Imprecise Fee Submissions,” 2 Class Action Att'y Fee Dig. 295 (Aug. 2008).

“Supreme Court Round-Up,”  2 Class Action Att'y Fee Dig. 257 (July 2008).

“Fee-Shifting For Wrongful Removals: A Developing Trend?,”  2 Class Action Att'y Fee Dig. 177 (May 2008).

“You Cut, I Choose: (Two Recent Decisions About) Allocating Fees Among Class Counsel,” 2 Class Action Att'y Fee Dig. 137 (Apr. 2008).

“Why the Percentage Method?,”  2 Class Action Att'y Fee Dig. 93 (Mar. 2008).

“Reasonable Rates: Time To Reload The (Laffey) Matrix,” 2 Class Action Att'y Fee Dig. 47. (Feb. 2008).

“The ‘Lodestar Percentage:’ A New Concept For Fee Decisions?,” 2 Class Action Att'y Fee Dig. 3. (Jan. 2008).

“The American Law Institute’s New Approach To Class Action Objectors’ Attorney Fees,” 1 Class Action Att'y Fee Dig. 347 (Nov. 2007).

“The American Law Institute’s New Approach To Class Action Attorney’s Fees,” 1 Class Action Att'y Fee Dig. 307 (Oct. 2007).

“ ‘The Lawyers Got More Than The Class Did!’: Is It Necessarily Problematic When Attorneys Fees Exceed Class Compensation?,” 1 Class Action Att'y Fee Dig. 233 (Aug. 2007).

“Supreme Court Round-Up,” 1 Class Action Att'y Fee Dig. 201 (July 2007).

“On The Difference Between Winning And Getting Fees,” 1 Class Action Att'y Fee Dig. 163 (June 2007).

“Divvying Up The Pot: Who Divides Aggregate Fee Awards, How, and How Publicly?, 1 Class Action Att'y Fee Dig. 127 (May 2007).

“On Plaintiff “Incentive” Payments,” 1 Class Action Att'y Fee Dig. 95 (Apr. 2007).

“Percentage of What?,” 1 Class Action Att'y Fee Dig. 63 (Mar. 2007).

“Lodestar vs. Percentage: The Partial Success Wrinkle,” co-authored with Alan Hirsch, 1 Class Action Att'y Fee Dig. 31 (Feb. 2007).

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