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...
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Category: Fees as Sanctions
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...
$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...
Judge Orders Rule-Breaking Attorney to Pay Legal Fees
January 13, 2016
A recent the Legal Intelligencer story, “Judge Orders Rule-Breaking Lawyer to Pay Legal Fees” reports that a federal judge blasted an employment lawyer for filing frivolous lawsuits and ordered...
Big Patent Fee Awards May Be Short-Lived
December 10, 2015
A recent Legal Intelligencer story, “Big Fee Awards in Patent Cases May Be Short-Lived” reports that a federal judge's decision to up the attorney fees awarded to the defense in a patent...
SCOTUS to Hear EEOC Fee Award Dispute
December 4, 2015
A recent NLJ story, “Justices Will Resolve Feud Over Jenner & Block’s Fee Award” reports the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to referee a long-running dispute between Jenner & Block and the...
Justices Eye Attorney Fees in Contract Breach Case
October 15, 2015
A recent Legal Intelligencer story, “Justices Eye Attorney Fees in Contract Breach Case” reports that in an argument that one justice called "remarkably brief," Pennsylvania's high court took on...
SCOTUS Rulings Dashes Fee Request in Abilify Patent Case
October 13, 2015
A recent New Jersey Law Journal story, “SCOTUS Rulings Dash Legal Fee Bid in Abilify Patent Dispute,” reports that Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. has lost its bid for attorney fees in a patent dispute...
Government to Pay Attorney Fees in FLSA Suit
September 21, 2015
A recent Texas Lawyer story, “Government to Pay $1.5M in Attorney Fees in FLSA Suit,” reports that the U.S. Department of Labor has agreed to pay $1.5 million in attorney fees to Corpus Christi...
Patent Fee Award Collection Still Tough Post-Octane
September 4, 2015
A recent Law 360 story, “Collecting Fees Still Tough After Octane, Highmark Cases,” reports that more than a year after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Octane and Highmark decisions made it easier for...