A recent Law 360 article by Warren Jackson, “Calif. Ruling Shows That Prevailing Party Wins Can Be Pyrrhic,” reports on a recent court ruling in California on prevailing party issues in...
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A recent Law 360 story by Christopher Cole, “Fed. Circ. Doubtful of Ex-Worker’s 2nd Atty Fee Bid in IP Case,” reports that Federal Circuit judges seemed skeptical of a manufacturer's ex-employee...
A recent Law 360 story by Tiffany Hu, “Justice Won’t Hear Dispute Over Atty Fees in Patent Cases,” reports that the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a question on courts' allegedly...
Third Circuit Bars Attorney Fees For ‘Limited Success’
June 12, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Mike LaSusa, “3rd Circ. Bars Atty Fees For ‘Limited Success’ in NJ Wage Suit,” reports that the attorneys who won an unpaid wage suit on behalf of a pair of cooks in...
Attorney Fee Award Not Limited to What Insurer Paid
June 9, 2021
A recent Metropolitan News story, “Attorney Fee Award Not Limited to What Insurer Paid,” reports that a California Court of Appeal has affirmed a $146,010 award of attorney fees to a defendant in...
A recent Law 360 story by Brett Barrauquere, “Safeco Tells 11th Circ. Atty Fees Aren’t Damages,” reports that Safeco Insurance wants the Eleventh Circuit to affirm a lower court ruling that...
Federal Circuit Weighs in on EAJA Fee Awards in Partial Wins
April 29, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Hailey Konnath, “Fed. Circ. Weights in on EAJA Fees in Partial Wins,” reports that the Federal Circuit issued a precedential decision clarifying that the government is...
A recent article by Christopher P. Hahn, “Fifth Cir. Holds FDCPA Plaintiff Not Entitled to Attorney’s Fees Following Settlement,” reports on a recent case involving the federal Fair Debt...
TX Justices Toss Class Action Fee Award in Insurance Cases
April 18, 2021
A recent Texas Lawyer story by Greg Land, “Texas Justices Toss Class Action Ruling Against Insurer and $3.5M Fee Award,” reports that the Texas Supreme Court has ruled an insurer that stopped...
Article: When is ‘No Fee’ a Reasonable Fee?
March 6, 2021
A recent article by Karen M. Morinelli and Samantha E. Dunton-Gallagher, “When Is ‘No Fee’ a Reasonable Fee? 11th Circuit’s Guidance on Reasonableness in FLSA Attorneys’ Fees Cases,”...