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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.