A recent article by Keith Paul Bishop, “Bad Faith Prosecution of Trade Secrets Theft May Lead to Attorney Fee Award (Or Not),” reports on bad faith and the prosecution of trade secrets theft and...
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Article: Who Pays For Attorney Fees in Litigation?
August 23, 2021
A recent article by Julie Pendleton, “Who Pays For Attorney Fees in Litigation?,” reports on who covers attorney fees in litigation in Washington. This article was posted with permission. The...
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,”...
A recent Law.com story by Mike Scarcella, “Denied a Seal, Nelson Mullins Reveals Rates in Fee Petition in Patent Suit,” reports that, for at least the second time in the span of a year a federal...
Article: Since When Do Attorneys Have to Pay the Opposing Counsel Fees?!
February 20, 2021
A recent article by Deena Duffy, “Since When Do Attorneys Have to Pay the Opposing Counsel Fees?!” reports on how attorneys can be held responsible for opposing counsel fees in Ohio. This...
PA Enviro Board Can Weigh ‘Bad Faith’ in Awarding Attorney Fees
February 17, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Matthew Santoni, “Pa. Enviro Board Can Weight ‘Bad Faith’ in Awarding Attorney Fees,” reports that the administrative board that hears appeals of decisions by...
AIG Unit Tells Ninth Circuit Yahoo’s Fee Award is Excessive
February 3, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Daphne Zhang, “AIG Unit Tells 9th Circ. Yahoo’s Atty Fee Award is Excessive,” reports that an AIG subsidiary has asked the Ninth Circuit to reverse Yahoo Inc.'s award...
A recent Texas Lawyer story by Angela Morris, “$1.8M in Attorney Fees Awarded to Vinson & Elkins, Norton Rose Fulbright Clients,” reports that a plastic surgeon who has litigated a dispute...
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...
GA Appeals Court Affirms Jury’s $1.2M Attorney Fee Award
October 31, 2020
A recent Daily Report story by Greg Land, “Appeals Court Affirms Jury’s $1.2M Fee Award Blocks Fee Request Under Settlement Offer Law,” reports that affirming a trial judge, the Georgia Court...