A recent Law 360 story by Jack Karp, “Quinn Emanuel, Insurers Spar in $185M Fee Fight,” reports that Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP balked at what it called insurers' "incendiary"...
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Category: Fee Issues on Appeal
A recent Law 360 by Tom Lotshaw, “11th Circ. Won’t Stay Toss Sanford Heisler’s $77M Fee Suit,” reports that an Eleventh Circuit panel has denied Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP's bid for an...
Second Circuit Rejects Fee Request in COVID-19 Case
March 27, 2023
A recent Law 360 by Daniel Connolly, “2nd Circ. Nixes Bid to Boost Fees in COVID-19 Worship Case,” reports that the Second Circuit rejected arguments from a group of Orthodox Jewish plaintiffs...
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...
Fourth Circuit Affirms Fee Award for Abortion Protestors
November 2, 2022
A recent Law 360 story by Hayley Fowler, “Abortion Protesters Keep Atty Fees in 4th Circ. Picketing Row,” reports that the Fourth Circuit affirmed an attorney fee award for abortion protesters in...
Ninth Circuit: Minimal Fee Award Upheld in ‘Abusive’ ADA Suits
October 25, 2022
A recent Law 360 story by Hanna Albarazi, “9th Circ. Slams ‘Abusive’ ADA Suits in Upholding Atty Fee Cut” reports that a Ninth Circuit panel on upheld a decision to slash attorney fees in an...
Federal Circuit Urged to Toss IP Fee Award in ‘Exceptional Case’
October 20, 2022
A recent Law 360 story by Kelly Leinhard, “Reverse Dish, Sirius XM Fee Award in IP Row, Fed. Circ. Urged” reports that patent-holding company Dragon Intellectual Property LLC urged a federal...
Seventh Circuit Rules Reduced Attorney Fees in FLSA Case
October 19, 2022
A recent Indiana Lawyer story by Marilyn Odendahl, “7th Circuit Rules Victory Merits Reduced Attorney Fees” reports that the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a reduction in attorney fees...
Firm to Ninth Circuit: DOL Must Pay Attorney Fees After ERISA Loss
October 13, 2022
A recent Law 360 story by Katryna Perera, “Firm Says DOL Must Pay Atty Fees After Losing ERISA Suit” reports that an architecture firm urged the Ninth Circuit to force the U.S. Department of...
Fifth Circuit Takes Up Attorney Fees in Failed IP Action
October 12, 2022
A recent Law 360 story by Lynn LaRowe, “5th Circ. Takes Up Atty Fees in Wrestler’s Failed IP Suit” reports that Activision Blizzard Inc. should be awarded attorney fees after a Texas jury found...