A recent The Recorder story, “Acacia Subsidiary Wins Attorney Fee Fight Against Newegg,” reports that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has deferred to the judgment of U.S....
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A recent Metropolitan News story, “New Law on Attorney Fees Applies to Pending Cases-C.A.,” reports that legislation affecting recovery of attorney fees by prevailing parties is procedural and...
Here’s Why Plaintiffs Lawyers Deserve Those Big Fees
February 2, 2016
A recent Law.com article, “Here’s Why Plaintiffs Lawyers Deserve Those Fat Fees,” reports on plaintiffs’ attorney fee awards in class action cases. The article states: At first glance, it...
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Fee Challenging Cases
February 1, 2016
A recent NLJ story, “Three High Court Fee Challenges: One Winner, Two Losers,” reports that attempts by Texas and Shelby County, Alabama, to collect or to block attorney fees for successful...
Judge Hits Patent Plaintiff with Fee Award
January 28, 2016
A recent Texas Lawyer story, “U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap Hammers Patent Plaintiff with $390K Fee Award,” reports that the bill has finally come due for the first Eastern District of Texas...
A recent the Recorder story, “Panel Lays Out New Rule for ‘Exceptional Case’ Fee Award” reports that The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has upheld one of the first "exceptional...
Texas Federal Judge Cuts Fee Request in Half
January 25, 2016
A recent Texas Lawyer story, “Dallas Federal Judge Halves Big Firm’s Fee Awards” reports that Software company ARGO Data Resource got all of what they wanted from David Harper and his team of...
Ninth Circuit Upholds Fee Award in Facebook Deal
January 22, 2016
A recent Law 360 story, “9th Circ. Upholds Facebook Ad Deal, Attys’ Fees” reports that the Ninth Circuit has affirmed a California district judge’s approval of a $20 million settlement reached...
Ninth Circuit Remands Fee Award for Recalculation
January 18, 2016
A recent Courthouse News story, “Lowered Attorney Fees a Fail, 9th Circ. Rules” reports that, calling a federal judge's award of attorneys' fees "a near total failure," the Ninth Circuit Friday...
$350K in Attorney Fees Awarded in Stock Suit
January 15, 2016
A recent Texas Lawyer story, “$350K in Attorney Fees Awarded in Stock Suit” reports that a Montgomery County, PA judge has awarded roughly $350,000 to counsel representing a defendant accused of...