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Civil Practice: Attorneys’ Fees-Modification-Authority
Staff Report//July 1, 2019
Where an estate administrator challenged a district court order that modified the attorney’s fees in an underlying settlement agreement, any authority for judicial approval of FLSA settlements does not extend to the review of settled attorneys’ fees, so the district court lacked the authority to review the fees, so that portion of the judgment is vacated.
Vacated in part.
Barbee v. Big River Steel, LLC ((MLW No. 73409/Case No. 18-2255 – 5 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Grasz, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas, Marshall, J. (Josh Sanford, Little Rock, AR, argued for appellant) (Kathlyn Graves, Little Rock, AR, and Nathan A. Read, Rogers, AR, argued for appellee).
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