A recent Law 360 story by Kevin Penton, “DC Circ. Vacates $7M Atty Fee Award in Civil Right Row,” reports that a split D.C. Circuit panel tossed a nearly $7 million fee award in a long-running...
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A recent Texas Lawyer story by Angela Morris, “Why Are Civil Defense Lawyers Thrilled the Texas House Passed This Bill?,” reports that, just as lawmakers are pushing to narrow Texas’ anti-SLAPP...
A recent Legal Intelligencer article by Colin Wrabley and Devin Misour of Reed Smith LLP, “Cautionary Tales on Recovering Attorney Fees in the Third Circuit,” reports on a trio of appellate...
A recent Law 360 article by Matthew Rizzolo and Steve Meil of Ropes & Gray LLP, “Fee Award Highlights Patent Litigation in Claims Court,” reports on patent attorney fee awards in the U.S....
A recent Law 360 story by Braden Campbell, “Fed. Circ. Wants Reasons for EEOC Mediator’s Fee Denial,” reports that the Federal Circuit told an arbitrator to reconsider denying fees to a U.S....
A recent NLJ story by Scott Graham, “’Full Costs’ Doesn’t Mean All Imaginable Costs, Supreme Court Rules,” reports that a copyright statute that permits an award of “full costs” does not...
US Supreme Court to Decide USPTO Attorney Fee Rule
March 5, 2019
A recent The Recorder story by Scott Graham, “Supreme Court Will Decide if USPTO Can Collect Legal Fees,” reports that the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a dispute over attorneys fees between...
Judge Blasts Attorney for Wasting Time, Awards $1.6M in Fees
January 29, 2019
A recent Law 360 story by Daniel Siegal, “Judge Blasts Atty for Wasting Time, Awards $1.6M in Fees,” reports that a Denver federal judge awarded a host of insurance companies nearly $1.6 million...
Article: When Is a Prevailing Party Not a Prevailing Party for Purposes of Awarding Fees?
January 14, 2019
A recent Daily Business Review article by Richard Bec, “When Is a Prevailing Party Not a Prevailing Party for Purposes of Awarding Attorney Fees,” reports on prevailing party attorney fees. ...
A recent Law 360 story by Emily Brill, “High Court Grants Win to Social Security Atty in Fee Row,” reports that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that the Social Security Act allows disability...