Federal Magistrate Judge Recommends Reduced Attorney Fees In CoolSculpting Case

(July 8, 2024, 2:29 PM EDT) -- ORLANDO, Fla. — A federal magistrate judge in Florida recommended that attorney fees for counsel who successfully defended a company in a design defect case be reduced from the counsel’s request after finding “that employing 15 attorneys and four paralegals for this matter, and requesting over $1 million in fees for a 13-month period, to be excessive on its face.”...