Loser Pays Court Rule First of a Kind
December 21, 2016
A recent Spokesman Review story, “'Loser Pay' Rule in Idaho Court System Could Make Justice Available Only to Those With Deep Pockets,” reports that the Idaho Supreme Court has launched the...
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Appellate Panel: Law Firm Deserve Higher Fee Award
December 20, 2016
A recent New York Law Journal Law story, “Law Firm Deserved Higher Fee Award, Panel Says,” reports that a Manhattan-based law firm has more than tripled an award linked to unpaid legal fees after...
Florida Supreme Court: Insurer Required to Pay Legal Fees
November 14, 2016
A recent Daily Business Review story, “Florida Supreme Court Says Insurer Required to Foot Legal Fees,” reports that the Florida Supreme Court said a property insurer must pay the attorney fees...
A recent NLJ story, “In $500K Fee Fight, Winston & Strawn Defends Win Based on Missed Deadline,” reports that, what began as a simple fee fight pitting Winston & Strawn against a former...
Ninth Circuit Eases Fee Entitlement Standard in Trademark Litigation
October 27, 2016
A recent The Recorder story, “Appeals Court Eases Standard for Attorney Fees in Trademark Cases,” reports that ruling en banc without argument, the court unanimously adopted the “totality of the...
Judges Wary to Increase Fee Award in Patent Case
October 12, 2016
A recent The Recorder story, “Judges Skeptical of Bid to Boost $4.6M Fee Award,” reports that Universal Remote Control Inc. asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to reconsider...
Florida Justices Say Insurer Must Pay Legal Fees
October 3, 2016
A recent CBS Miami story, “Justices Say Insurer Required to Foot Legal Fees,” reports that the Florida Supreme Court said a property insurer must pay the attorneys’ fees of a homeowner who...
A recent Law 360 story, “Atty Gets Second Chance to Boost Fees in No-Fly List Case,” reports that the Ninth Circuit has kicked back an attorneys’ fee award for lawyers who represented a...
Ninth Circuit Restore Rates Cuts for Military Law Group
September 12, 2016
A recent Courthouse News story, “Appeal Puts Double Fee Award in Sight of Lawyers,” reports that the Ninth Circuit blasted a federal judge for stiffing a military-law group on half the fees it...
Attorney Fee Discovery Before Texas Supreme Court
September 8, 2016
A recent Law 360 story, “Texas Justices To Hear National Lloyds Fee Discovery Fight,” reports that the Texas Supreme Court agreed to hear a case brought to it by National Lloyds Insurance Co. in...