Attorney fee awards are a major driver of class action litigation – both in the employment and other contexts. How they are awarded, and what is “reasonable” has been an ongoing source of...
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Category: Fee Issues on Appeal
Federal Circuit Revives Fee Request in Vaccine Act Case
August 19, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Ryan Davis, “Fed. Circ. Revives Fee Bid in Gardasil Vaccine Act Case,” reports that the Federal Circuit revived a mother's bid for attorney fees in an unsuccessful case...
Sixth Circuit: Attorney Fees Can Be Awarded in Arbitration
August 16, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Emma Cueto, “6th Circ. Orders Atty Fee Paid in Power Co.’s $5M Arbitration,” reports that the Sixth Circuit has overturned a lower court decision regarding attorney...
Federal Circuit Backs Attorney Fee Cap in IDEA Cases
August 14, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Andrew Karpan, “DC Circ. Backs Atty Fee Cap in Civil Right Row” reports that the D.C. Circuit rejected the efforts of attorneys representing hundreds of parents in a...
Sixth Circuit Tosses Hourly Rates Citing ‘Community Market Rule’
August 12, 2020
A recent Law 360 story by Emily Field, “6th Circ. Wipes Out Atty Fee Award in Vita-Mix Blender Deal” reports that the Sixth Circuit vacated a nearly $4 million attorney fees award in a class...
A recent Law 360 article by Michael McTigue, Meredith Slawe, and Max Kaplan of Cozen O’Connor, “7th Circ. Ruling Should Deter Class Objector Side Deals,” report on a recent Seventh Circuit...
A recent Law 360 story by Dave Simpson, “Fed. Cir. Won’t Add to $4.4M Atty Fee in IP Suit Gov’t Lost,” reports that the Federal Circuit refused to tack supplemental attorney fees onto a $4.4...
A recent Law 360 story by Linda Chiem, “Virgin Asks 9th Circ. To Ax $6M Atty Fee in Wage Spat” reports that Alaska Airlines and Virgin America asked the Ninth Circuit to vacate nearly $6 million...
A recent Metropolitan News story, “C.A. Affirms Attorney-Fee Award Not Boosted by Multiplier” reports that a California Court of Appeal has affirmed a decision by a Los Angeles Superior Court...
A recent Law 360 story by Kevin Penton, “9th Circ. Urged to OK $7M Atty Fees in ConAgra Label Fight” reports that the Ninth Circuit should affirm a California federal court's blessing of a...