A recent New York Law Journal story by Colby Hamilton, “Second Circuit Upholds Judge’s Slashing Attorney Fees in Fair Credit Law Settlement,” reports that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...
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A recent Law 360 story by Braden Campbell, “Fed. Circ. Wants Reasons for EEOC Mediator’s Fee Denial,” reports that the Federal Circuit told an arbitrator to reconsider denying fees to a U.S....
A recent Law 360 story by Anne Cullen, “DC Circ. Dissects Attorney Fee Ruling That Stoked Access Fears,” reports that a D.C. Circuit panel has raised concerns with a survey of lawyers’ rates...
Federal Circuit Affirms Google’s PTAB Attorney Fee Win
March 20, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Tiffany Hu, “Fed. Circ. Backs Google’s PTAB, Atty Fee Wins on Video IP,” reports that the Federal Circuit handed a win to Google in backing the Patent Trial and Appeal...
$20M in Fees to Class Counsel in Madoff Ponzi Suit
March 15, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Rick Archer, “Lead Class Attys in Madoff Ponzi Suit Awarded $20M,” reports that a New York federal judge awarded nearly $20 million in fees to the counsel for a class...
Deepwater Horizon Defendants Drown in Legal Fees
March 11, 2019
A recent Texas Lawyer story by Steven Meyerowitz, “Deepwater Horizon Defendants Drown in Legal Fees,” reports that the Supreme Court of Texas has ruled that an insurance policy issued to the...
A recent NLJ story by Scott Graham, “’Full Costs’ Doesn’t Mean All Imaginable Costs, Supreme Court Rules,” reports that a copyright statute that permits an award of “full costs” does not...
US Supreme Court to Decide USPTO Attorney Fee Rule
March 5, 2019
A recent The Recorder story by Scott Graham, “Supreme Court Will Decide if USPTO Can Collect Legal Fees,” reports that the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a dispute over attorneys fees between...
NJ Court Didn’t Consider Interrelated Claims in Awarding Attorney Fees
February 20, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Jeannie O’Sullivan, “NJ Fee Award Didn’t Consider Interrelated Claims, Court Says,” reports that the New Jersey state appeals court has vacated a lower court’s...
Mass. Supreme Court Sets Standard for Attorney Fees in Wage Suits
February 19, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Chris Villani, “Mass. Top Court Sets Standard for Atty Fees in Wage Suits,” reports that an employee suing an employer for unpaid wages can recover attorneys' fees when...