A recent New York Law Journal article by Michael C. Rakower and Melissa Yang of Rakower PLLC in New York, “Attorney Fees Under ERISA §502(G)(1): An Exception to the American Rule,” report on...
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Texas Court Rejects $14M Fee Request After $21M IP Verdict
September 19, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Michael Phillis, “Texas Court Rejects $14M Fee Bid After $21M IP Verdict,” reports that a Texas federal judge said that both sides were off-base in a fight over attorney...
Judge Alsup Skeptical of $10M Fee Request in IP Action
August 1, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Hannah Albarazi, “‘Jaded’ Alsup Skeptial of Apple and Cisco’s $10M IP Fee Bid,” reports that a "jaded" U.S. District Judge William Alsup questioned whether Apple...
Cisco Seeks Attorney Fees in ‘Reckless’ IP Suit
July 9, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Hailey Konnath, “Cisco Says ‘Reckless’ IP Suit is ‘Poster Child’ for Atty Fees,” reports that Cisco told a California federal court it’s entitled to $5.3...
A recent Law 360 story by Nathan Hale, “Fla. Tribe Wins Atty Fees in Malicious Prosecution Suit,” reports that the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida won its bid to collect attorney fees...
A recent Texas Lawyer story by Angela Morris, “Detailed Evidence Needed to Prove Attorney Fee Award as Sanction High Court Rules,” reports that even when a litigant is sanctioned for filing a...
Feds Fight ‘Bad Faith” Fee Award to Supreme Court
June 17, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Suzanne Monyak, “Feds Fight ‘Bad Faith’ Fee Award in High Court No-Fly Suit,” reports that a Stanford-educated Malaysian woman who was mistakenly placed on the...
A recent Law 360 story by Daniel Siegal, “Gov’t Owes $4.4M in Fees After Losing $200K Patent Row,” reports that a U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge on tacked on nearly $4.4 million in fees and...
Article: Fresh Takes on Seeking Costs and Fees Under Rule 45
February 22, 2019
A recent Pepper Hamilton blog post article by Donna Fisher, Matthew Hamilton, and Sandra Hamilton, “Fresh Takes on Seeking Costs and Fees Under Rule 45,” reports on fee-shifting incurred in...
A recent Law 360 story by Christopher Cole, “Fed. Circ. Denies Rembrandt Bid to Rehear Atty Fee Ruling,” reports that the Federal Circuit has denied Rembrandt Technologies LP's request for...