A recent Metropolitan News story, “Ninth Circuit Ups Attorney Fee Award Against California From $4 Million to $8.2 Million,” reports that the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has decided that...
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A recent Law 360 story by Alexis Shanes, “11th Circuit Says ERISA Cases Don’t Allow Fees Against Attys,” reports the 11th Circuit declared that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act does...
A recent Law 360 story by Michael Phillis, “Activists Request $850K in Atty Fees For Calif. Water Win,” reports that attorneys representing environmental groups want roughly $850,000 in attorney...
California Appeals Court Clarifies Law on Attorney Fees
March 13, 2021
A recent The Recorder story by Alaina Lancaster, “Appeals Court Rules on ‘Curious Gap’ in State Law Over Attorney Fees,” reports that a California appeals court ruling underlined “a curious...
Article: Five Lessons for Recovering Attorney Fees in Texas
February 13, 2021
A recent article by Amanda G. Taylor, “Recovering Attorney’s Fees in Texas: Five Lessons” in BizLit News Blog reports on recovering attorney fees in Texas. This article was posted with...
Illinois Court Weighs if Wage Law Provides for Attorney Fees
February 10, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Celeste Bott, “Court Must Weigh if Ill. Wage Law Provides For Atty Fees”, reports that an Illinois appellate court held that a former police officer isn't entitled to...
Article: Granting Arbitrators the Power to Award Attorney Fees
January 4, 2021
A recent Legal Intelligencer article by Abraham J. Gafni, “Unintentionally Granting Arbitrators the Power to Award Attorney Fees” reports on granting the power to award attorney fees in...
A recent Law.com article by Christian Petrucci, “Courts Finally Taking Unreasonable Contest Counsel Fees Seriously,” reports on attorney fee claims in workers’ compensation cases. This...
A recent Law 360 story by Carolina Bolado, “Fla. High Court Weights Atty Fee Calculation in Settlement Law,” reports that a condominium association that won a legal battle with a pest control...
Attorney Fees Under CA Trade Secrets Act Belong to Attorney, Not Client
September 16, 2020
A recent Metropolitan News-Enterprise story, “Attorney Fees Under Trade Secrets Act Belong to Attorney, Not Client—C.A.,” reports that attorney fees awarded to a “prevailing party” under...