A recent The Record story, “Federal Circuit Signals Nuisance Settlements Should Factor in Fee-Shifting,” reports that two judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit...
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AMEX Gambles on Attorney Fees in Antitrust Appeal
May 18, 2015
A recent New York Law Journal story, “AmEx Agrees to Pay States’ Legal Fees if Appeal Fails,” reports that American Express has agreed to pay 17 states $3.65 million in legal...
A recent Legal Intelligencer story, “Third Circuit Adopts Recovery Scheme for Attorney Fee Awards Under ERISA,” reports that litigants who catalyze the defense to change course in an ERISA...
Fifth Circuit Tosses Controversial Attorney Fee Rule
April 20, 2015
A recent Texas Lawyer story, “Fifth Circuit Kills Controversial Attorney Fee Rule,” reports that, in a decision that will come as a relief to Texas bankruptcy lawyers, the U.S. Court of...
Federal Circuit: Misconduct Might Merit Attorney Fees
April 13, 2015
A recent NLJ story, “’Misconduct’ Might Merit Attorney Fees, Circuit Rules,” reports that a federal judge abused her discretion in denying attorney fees to a patent litigant...
SCOTUS Oral Arguments in ASARCO's Bankruptcy Fee Issues
March 16, 2015
A recent Texas Lawyer story, “Tough Questions at $5 Million Fee Fight Before SCOTUS,” reports that predicting how the highest court’s nine justices will rule after they have heard...
Judge Erred in Denying Statutory Fee Award
February 11, 2015
A recent Metropolitan News Enterprise story, “Judge Erred in Denying Fee Award to Attorney Parris—C.A.,” reports that a California Court of Appeals held that a judge, appalled by the...
NJ Appeals Court Upholds Fee Reductions
January 22, 2015
A recent New Jersey Law Journal story, “Court OKs Slash of $94K Fee Application by More Than Half,” reports that even in a fee-shifting case, it’s permissible for a judge evaluating...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Lasley v. Commissioner, affirmed a district court’s order awarding reduced attorneys’ fees under the Social Security Act. The...
A recent Texas Lawyer story, “Fourth Court Creates Split on Attorney Fee Question,” reports that splitting from two intermediate appellate courts, San Antonio’s Fourth Court of...