A recent New York Law Journal article by Michael C. Rakower and Melissa Yang of Rakower PLLC in New York, “Attorney Fees Under ERISA §502(G)(1): An Exception to the American Rule,” report on...
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Parties Seeking PTAB Attorney Fees Face High Bar in Courts
November 5, 2019
A recent Law 360 article by Lionel Lavenue, R. Benjamin Cassady, Bradford Schulz, and Regan Rundio of Finnegan Henderson LLP, “Parties Seeking PTAB Attorney Fees Face High Bar in Courts,” report...
SCOTUS Questions Seem to Doubt USPTO’s Attorney Fee Claim
October 9, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Jimmy Hoover and Bill Donahue, “Justices Question USPTO’s Bold Pursuit of Atty Fees,” reports that the U.S. Supreme Court appeared skeptical of the U.S. Patent and...
Article: US Claims Court Grants Fee-Shifting in Patent Litigation
September 9, 2019
A recent Law 360 article by Lionel Lavenue and Benjamin Cassady, “Claims Court Clears Cowebs for Fee-Shifting in Patent Litigation,” report on fee-shifting provision in patent litigation. This...
A recent Daily Business Review article by Noah B. Tennyson, “Consider Potential Litigation Fees, Costs When Drafting Business Contracts,” reports on attorney fee dispute litigation in business...
A recent Legal Intelligencer story by Zack Needles, “Pa. Courts OKs Attorney Fees for Time Spent Seeking Attorney Fees,” reports that attorneys can petition to recover fees under the Unfair Trade...
ABA Calls USPTO Attorney Fee Rule ‘Radical’
July 22, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Bill Donahue, “ABA Rips USPTO Attorney Fee Rule as ‘Radical’,” reports that the American Bar Association asked the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down the U.S. Patent...
A recent Law 360 story by Bill Donahue, “USPTO’s ‘Peculiar Fee Rule Hurts Inventors, IP Attys Say,” reports that a prominent group of intellectual property attorneys is urging the U.S....
Attorney Fees Take a Hit Under New Florida Law
June 11, 2019
A recent Daily Business Review story by Rachel Lean, “Attorney Fees Take Hit Under New Florida Law,” reports that a new Florida law to curb alleged fraud by contractors could create collateral...
A recent Law 360 story by Ryan Davis, “USPTO Tells Justices Law is Clear-Cut on Win-Or-Lose Fees,” reports that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office told the U.S. Supreme Court that it is...