A recent NLJ story, “Law Firm Can Keep $270K Fee Award for $70K Judgement, D.C. Circuit Says,” reports that a boutique law firm in Washington can keep nearly $270,000 in legal fees after winning a...
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U.S. Army Must Pay KBR’s $30M Legal Tab
October 16, 2015
A recent Project On Government Oversight (POGO) story, “The Army Must Pay KBR $30 Million for Legal Fees,” by Neil Gordon, reports that the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA)...
Justices Eye Attorney Fees in Contract Breach Case
October 15, 2015
A recent Legal Intelligencer story, “Justices Eye Attorney Fees in Contract Breach Case” reports that in an argument that one justice called "remarkably brief," Pennsylvania's high court took on...
SCOTUS Rulings Dashes Fee Request in Abilify Patent Case
October 13, 2015
A recent New Jersey Law Journal story, “SCOTUS Rulings Dash Legal Fee Bid in Abilify Patent Dispute,” reports that Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. has lost its bid for attorney fees in a patent dispute...
Federal Circuit Affirms Fees in Patent Suit
October 12, 2015
A recent The Recorder story, “NetApp Wins Fees in ‘Double Dip’ Patent Suit” reports that the Federal Circuit has affirmed a $1.4 million attorney fee award against an Acacia Research Corp....
Texas Wants Supreme Court to Hear Attorney Fee Issue
October 1, 2015
A recent NLJ story, “Texas Wants Supreme Court to Strike Legal Fee Award in Voting Case,” reports that Texas wants that U.S. Supreme Court to review an order that forces the state to pay more than...
Patent Fee Award Collection Still Tough Post-Octane
September 4, 2015
A recent Law 360 story, “Collecting Fees Still Tough After Octane, Highmark Cases,” reports that more than a year after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Octane and Highmark decisions made it easier for...
Four-Figure Hourly Rates Common for Top Supreme Court Attorneys
August 11, 2015
A recent NLJ story, “Hourly Rates for Top Supreme Court Advocates Revealed in Fee Filing,” reports that recent filings in an attorney fee request in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...
Delaware to Rule on "Work-Around" to SCOTUS Fee Ruling
August 7, 2015
A recent Bloomberg News story, “Delaware Judge to Rule on Evading High Court Legal Fee Decision,” reports that after the U.S. Supreme Court decided in June that bankruptcy lawyers...
Bloomberg News Covers NALFA Webinar
August 3, 2015
Bloomberg BNA Class Action Litigation Report reported on the recent NALFA webinar, “Attorney Fees in Class Actions: Fee Calculations, Hot Issues & Trends.” The Bloomberg...