A recent Law 360 story by Dave Simpson, “Fed. Cir. Won’t Add to $4.4M Atty Fee in IP Suit Gov’t Lost,” reports that the Federal Circuit refused to tack supplemental attorney fees onto a $4.4...
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A recent Law 360 article by Lionel Lavenue, Amanda Stephenson, R. Benjamin Cassady. and Brooke Wilner of Finnegan LLP, “Evolving Case Law Elucidates Atty Fees For Patent Litigants” reports on...
A recent Daily Business Review story by Michael Mora, “Appeals Court Orders Reconsideration of $115K Legal Award for ‘Fees on Fees’ Litigation” reports that a Florida appeals court said a...
The Nation’s Top Attorney Fee Experts of 2020
June 24, 2020
NALFA, a non-profit group, is building a worldwide network of attorney fee expertise. Our network includes members, faculty, and fellows with expertise on the reasonableness of attorney fees. We...
Let’s face it, any litigation is expensive and a defendant that finds itself spending money battling claims against it only to have those claims later dismissed by the plaintiff is likely going to...
A recent Law 360 story by Britain Eakin, “Gov’t. Urges Fed. Circ. To Deny Novel Fee Bid in IP Appeal” reports that after failing to fend off a $4.4 million fee award on top of a $200,000...
Court Uses Special Fee Master to Award Attorney Fees
June 6, 2020
Following Straight Path IP Group’s, the patent owner’s, unsuccessful appeal, Apple and Cisco moved for reasonable attorney’s fees. Although the district court reaffirmed the exceptionality of...
A recent Law 360 story by Ryan Davis, “Fed. Circ. Says It Can’t Award Atty Fees Tied to PTAB Cases” reports that the Federal Circuit said that it cannot award attorney fees for allegedly...
A recent article by Gregory G. Brown, “Recovery of Attorneys’ Fees in CA Under the ‘Tort of Another’” reports on the recovery of attorney fees under the Tort of Another doctrine in...
A recent Barnes & Thornburg blog post by Eric S. Fisher, “Recovering Attorney's Fees Under Georgia Law Just Got Easier” reports on a recent case in Georgia. This article was posted with...