A recent Law 360 story by Dorothy Atkins, “9th Circ. Won’t Award $1.1M Atty Fee in Tribes’ Gambling Case,” reports that the Ninth Circuit rejected a request by five Native American tribes for...
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Judge Wants Sabre to Pay Attorney Fees in $1 Antitrust Win
April 14, 2023
A recent Law 360 story by Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, “Judge Wants Sabre to Pay Fees in Airline’s $1 Antitrust Win,” reports that a federal magistrate judge has recommended that airline booking...
Article: New Ruling Considers Hourly Rates in Chapter 11 Cases
November 8, 2022
A recent Law 360 article by Tyler Brown, Jason Harbour and Justin Paget of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, “How Ch. 11 Ruling Ends War Between National, Local Rates” reports on a recent ruling on hourly...
First Circuit Deepens Circuit Split on SSA Fee Award Timing
November 3, 2022
A recent Law 360 story by Hayley Fowler, “Abortion Protesters Keep Atty Fees in 4th Circ. Picketing Row” reports that the First Circuit deepened a circuit divide on how long attorneys have to...
Seventh Circuit Upholds Attorney Fee Win in FMLA Action
August 25, 2022
A recent Law 360 story by Caleb Drickey, “7th Circ. Upholds Teacher’s Win In FMLA Suit” reports that the Seventh Circuit upheld a pair of lower courts' decisions to declare that a Wisconsin...
Feds Ordered to Pay Attorney Fees to Reimburse NY Hospital
August 18, 2022
A recent Law 360 story by Anna Scott Farrell, “Gov’t Ordered To Reimburse NY Hospital $1.7M in Legal Fees” reports that the U.S. Court of Federal Claims ordered the government to reimburse...
FTC’s ‘Holder Rule’ Doesn’t Bar Attorney Fee Award
May 31, 2022
A recent Metropolitan News story, “FTC’s ‘Holder Rule’ Doesn’t Bar Attorney Fee Award” reports that the Federal Trade Commission’s “Holder Rule”—under which an assignee of a...
A recent Metropolitan News story, “$260,000 Fee Award Proper Though Damages Were $2,500” reports that the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed an attorney fee award of nearly $260,000...
Mass. Justices Told Attorney Fee Award Must Be Covered
April 4, 2022
A recent Law 360 story by Ganesh Setty, “Mass. Justices Told Atty Fee Award Must Be Covered” reports that the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court heard oral arguments on whether an attorney fee...
A recent Law 360 story by Clark Mindock, “Ga. Justices Allow Double Recovery of Atty Fees” reports that the Georgia Supreme Court affirmed that a car wreck plaintiff can recover attorney fees and...