Professor Theodore Eisenberg will discuss his new article Attorney’s Fees in Class Action Settlements: An Empirical Study (coauthored with Geoffrey Miller) which argues that attorney’s fees have not been growing over the past decade, contrary to conventional wisdom. Eisenberg’s research suggests that the general assumption that attorneys receive about one-third of the amount awarded to plaintiffs in class actions greatly exaggerates actual fees. The discussants will critique the paper’s statistical methods and conclusions.
