A recent ABA Journal story by Lorelei Laird, “ABA Urges Federal Circuit Not to Include Attorney Fees in Patent Case ‘Expenses’” reports that the American Bar Association is urging the U.S....
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Fee Request Denied Because Neither Party Prevailed
January 9, 2018
A recent Delaware Business Court Insider by Tom McParland, “Seven-Figure Fee Request Crumble as Bouchard Calls Cookie Contract Case a Draw” reports that the Delaware Court of Chancery denied...
NJ Justices Hears $2M Fee Dispute in Employment Case
January 3, 2018
A recent New Jersey Law Journal story by Michael Booth, “Justices Hear Dispute Over $2 Million Fee Award in Employment Case” reports that a Princeton financial services company asked the New...
Fee Expert Proposes Cap on Attorney Fees in NFL Concussion Settlement
December 20, 2017
A recent Legal Intelligencer story, by Max Mitchell, “Court’s Expert Recommends Limit on Attorney Fees for NFL Settlement Lawyers,” reports that a Harvard Law professor has issued a report...
Class Counsel Awarded $2M in Fees in Frito-Lay Settlement
November 22, 2017
A recent Law 360 story by Joyce Hanson, “Frito-Lay to Pay $2M in Fees in ‘All Natural’ Suit Deal,” reports that a New York federal judge approved the settlement of a class suit accusing...
Greenberg Traurig Wins $2M Fee Award in U.S. Court of Claims
November 20, 2017
A recent Law.com story by C. Ryan Barber, “Greenberg Traurig Wins $2M Fee Award in Suit Against U.S. Government,” reports that a federal claims court judge ordered the government to pay $2 million...
$11M in Attorney Fees Sought in IP Action
November 17, 2017
A recent Law 360 story by Dorothy Atkins, “VMware Seeks $11M Atty Fees for Beating Phoenix IP Suit,” reports that VMware Inc. urged a California federal judge to award it $11.2 million in...
Court Ordered Attorney and Client to Pay Opposing Counsel
November 6, 2017
A recent Daily Business Review story by Samantha Joseph, “Attorney and Client Ordered to Pay Opposing Counsel Over Frivolous Lawsuit,” reports that the litigation in Palm Beach County alone has...
Ninth Circuit Remands BAR/BRI Fee Award for Second Time
November 1, 2017
A recent MetNews story, “Ninth Circuit Vetoes Attorney Fee Award for Second Time” reports that the Ninth U.S. Court of Appeals has, for a second time, remanded a case to the District Court for...
Attorney Fees Back in Play in Florida Tobacco Verdict
October 26, 2017
A recent Daily Business Review story by Samantha Joseph, “Attorney Fees Back in Play on $10.5 Million Tobacco Verdict” reports that cigarette makers in a products liability case failed to show...