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Attorneys can’t get $30M in Volkswagen class action, says 1st Circuit
Federal law should not have been applied in determining what constituted “reasonable” attorney fees in a successful consumer class action against auto makers Volkswagen and Audi, the 1st Circuit has ruled in vacating a $30 million fee award.
US Supreme Court: Criminal fines must be decided by a jury
Like other factors that increase a criminal defendant’s sentence, facts that determine the amount of criminal fines imposed on a defendant must be decided beyond a reasonable doubt by a jury, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled at the end of the term in a 6-3 decision.
US Justices: Federal workers’ constitutional claims barred
The Merit Systems Protection Board provides the exclusive avenue of judicial review for federal employees’ adverse employment action challenges, even when those employees argue that a federal statute is unconstitutional, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled.
Attorney sanction not excessive, rules Bankruptcy Appellate Panel
A U.S. Bankruptcy Court did not abuse its discretion in imposing sanctions in the amount of $9,000 against a debtor’s attorney for violating Bankruptcy Rule 9011 by advancing arguments not warranted by fact or law, the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel has ruled.
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