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...
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...
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...
Judge Tosses Suit Seeking Coverage of Defense Fees
November 23, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Rachel O’Brien, “Judge Nixes Suit For Crypto Co. Investor’s $728K Atty Fees,” reports that a New York federal judge tossed a lawsuit by an alleged pump-and-dump...
Insurers Refuse to Pay $18M in Defense Fees in Experian Class Actions
November 19, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Joanne Faulkner, “Insurers Deny Liability in Experian’s $18M Legal Fees Suit,” reports that two insurers have told a London judge they are entitled to refuse to pay...
Insurer Wins Recovery of $5.5M in Defense Fees
September 7, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Daphne Zhang, “Insurer Win ‘Incompetent’ Atty Fight to Recoup $5.5M,” reports that a California federal judge axed a claims handler's suit seeking additional...
Insurer Must Pay $6M Fee Award After Jury Verdict
August 29, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Daphne Zhang, “Insurer Must Pay $21M Jury Verdict, $6M Fee Award,” reports that a Georgia federal judge denied Cypress Insurance Co.'s bid to disregard a $21 million jury...