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Chancery Court: No More Fee Windfalls for Easy Cases

February 28, 2024

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Federal Circuit: More Fees Even With ‘Exceptional’ Ruling is ‘Nightmare’

February 16, 2024

Attorney-Client Relationship

SCOTUS

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Attorney Keeps $1.15M Fee Award Despite Tossing Billing Record

February 9, 2024

Billing Practices

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Insurer Ordered to Pay Casino’s ‘Fees for Fees’

January 30, 2024

Fees for Fees / Fees on Fees

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Why Federal Circuit Affirmed Patent Attorney Fee Award

January 2, 2024

Fee Shifting

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Alleged ‘Patent Troll’ Wants SCOTUS to Hear Fee Award Dispute

November 30, 2023

Exceptional Case

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SCOTUS

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Judge: Vague Billing Justifies 10 Percent Cut in Attorney Fees

November 29, 2023

Billing Judgment

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Judge: $1700 Hourly Rate for the Richmond, VA Market is Unrealistic

November 24, 2023

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Deep Attorney Fee Cuts, Judge Citing Billing Deficiencies

November 21, 2023

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Ninth Circuit: DOL Doesn’t Owe Attorney Fees

November 16, 2023

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Third Circuit Clarifies When District Courts Can Award Fees on Remand

October 30, 2023

Fee Doctrine / Fee Theory

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Appeals Court Backs Attorney Fees for New Jersey AG

October 12, 2023

Lodestar

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Feds Question $23M Fee Request in PACER Overcharge Case

September 12, 2023

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Seventh Circuit Scraps $57M Fee Award in Antitrust Case

August 30, 2023

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Ninth Circuit Affirms Fee Reduction in Class Settlement

August 15, 2023

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New Billing Rate Matrix Adopted to Set Fees in DC Litigation

August 14, 2023

Fee Award Data

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Practice Area: Civil Rights / Public Interest

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Law Firm Denied Partner Billing Rates in Litigation

August 11, 2023

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Judge Mulls $77M in Fees in $255M Juul MDL Settlement

August 9, 2023

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Record $267M Attorney Fee Award in $1B Dell Settlement

August 2, 2023

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Historic / Landmark Case