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Category: Fees in Statutes
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...
A recent Legal Intelligencer story by Zack Needles, “Court: WCJ Has No Authority to Assess Reasonableness of 20% Counsel Fee” reports that a divided Commonwealth Court en banc has ruled that a...
Jenner & Block Win Attorney Fees in Pro Bono Case
May 14, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Lauraann Wood, “Jenner & Block Gets Fees For Prevailing in Pro Bono Suit” reports that Jenner & Block LLP should receive attorney fees under the Illinois Civil...
A recent Metropolitan News story, “Slashing Fee Award to 28 Percent of Amount Claimed Was Warranted,” reports that the Court of Appeal for this district has affirmed Los Angeles Superior Court...
Article: The Need For Attorney Fee Expertise
February 20, 2020
A recent AI article by John D. O’Connor, “The Need For Attorney Fee Expertise (pdf),” reports on the need for attorney fee expertise to prove reasonable attorney fees and proper billing...