A recent Texas Lawyer story by Angela Morris, “Six Flags Wants Insurer Travelers Casualty to Cover $2.89 Million in Attorney Fees,” reports that the Texas-based theme park filed new litigation...
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A recent Reuters story by Debra Cassens Weiss, “Wyoming Top Court Sides With Sinclair Refinery On Fee Award Question” reports that a Sinclair refinery can seek attorneys’ fees from Swiss insurer...
A recent Law 360 story by Rachel Schart, “MiMedx Slams Quinn Emanuel Fees As 2 Other Firms Settle,” reports that MiMedx has accused Quinn Emanuel of seeking unreasonable fees, including for...
A recent Law 360 story by Brett Barrauquere, “Safeco Tells 11th Circ. Atty Fees Aren’t Damages,” reports that Safeco Insurance wants the Eleventh Circuit to affirm a lower court ruling that...
TX Justices Toss Class Action Fee Award in Insurance Cases
April 18, 2021
A recent Texas Lawyer story by Greg Land, “Texas Justices Toss Class Action Ruling Against Insurer and $3.5M Fee Award,” reports that the Texas Supreme Court has ruled an insurer that stopped...
A recent article by Derek R. Lenzen, “Florida Appellate Court Holds Insured’s Attorneys’ Fee Award Multiplier Is Unsupported By Requirements,” reports that a Florida appellate court held...
Utah Sues Insurer Over Coverage of Defense Fees
February 4, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Daphne Zhang “Utah Asks Insurer To Pay $1.8M Atty Fee in Trade Secrets Suit”, reports that Utah's Department of Administrative Services sued an AIG subsidiary, seeking...
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...
Insurer Seeks to Dodge Attorneys Fees in Overbilling Matter
January 14, 2021
A recent Law 360 story by Kevin Penton, “Insurer Seeks to Dodge Mass. Firm’s Overbilling Probe Fees” reports that an insurance company asked a Massachusetts federal court to declare that it is...
Chancery Court: Railroad Operator’s Attorney Fees Must Be Covered
November 27, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Rose Krebs, “Railroad Operator’s Fees Must Be Covered Chancery Says,” reports that a Delaware vice chancellor ruled that American Rail Partners LLC must cover legal...