A recent Law 360 story by Daniel Siegal, “Atty Stuck With Slashed Fees After USAA Bad Faith Trial Win” reports that an Oregon federal judge refused to reconsider his ruling awarding only $179,000...
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A recent Law 360 article by Lionel Lavenue, Amanda Stephenson, R. Benjamin Cassady. and Brooke Wilner of Finnegan LLP, “Evolving Case Law Elucidates Atty Fees For Patent Litigants” reports on...
A recent Law 360 story by Julia Arciga, “Restasis Buyers Seek $16M Atty Fees in Antitrust Case” reports that a class of buyers that reached a $51 million settlement with Allergan over allegations...
A recent Metropolitan News story, “C.A. Affirms Attorney-Fee Award Not Boosted by Multiplier” reports that a California Court of Appeal has affirmed a decision by a Los Angeles Superior Court...
A recent Law 360 story by Kevin Penton, “9th Circ. Urged to OK $7M Atty Fees in ConAgra Label Fight” reports that the Ninth Circuit should affirm a California federal court's blessing of a...
More Bankruptcy Fees with Rise in Retailer Restructuring
July 14, 2020
A recent Law.com story by Samantha Stokes, “Kirkland Sees More Restructuring Fees With Latest Retailer Bankruptcies” reports that the restructuring department at Kirkland & Ellis just got...
Fifth Circuit Says Fee Entitlement Needs Reconsideration
July 13, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Michelle Casady, “5th Circ. Says $1M Atty Fee Request Needs Reconsideration” reports that the Fifth Circuit has determined that drilling data company Petrolink Services...
Past Misconduct is Relevant in Awarding Attorney Fees
July 11, 2020
In Electronic Communication Technologies, LLC v. SHOPPERSCHOICE.COM, LLC, [2019-2087] (July 1, 2020) the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded the district court’s denial of an award of defendant’s...
SCOTUS Returns Booking.com Trademark Attorney Fee Award
July 10, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Tiffany Hu, “High Court Sends Booking.com TM Fee Case Back to 4th Circ.” reports that fresh off its U.S. Supreme Court victory, Booking.com won a bid to have the Fourth...
A recent Daily Business Review story by Michael Mora, “Appeals Court Orders Reconsideration of $115K Legal Award for ‘Fees on Fees’ Litigation” reports that a Florida appeals court said a...