A recent Reuters story by Allison Frankel, “4th Circuit: In Fee Awards, Judges Must Consider Risk and Results,” reports on a case involving contingency fee risk in awarding attorney fees. The...
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A recent Law 360 story by Sayna Posses, “TCPA Class Demands Objector Post Bond in $15M Fee Appeal” reports that call recipients leading a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) class action over...
A recent New Jersey Law Journal story by Micheal Booth, “Justices to Hear Appeal in Denial of Med Mal Counsel Fees Ruling” reports that the New Jersey Supreme Court will hear the appeal of a...
Jenner Wins Fees in Contingency Agreement
May 23, 2017
A recent the NLJ story by Marcia Coyle, “Skadden Loses a Tax Dispute, and Jenner Wins Fee Fight,” reports that Jenner & Block won fees in a case, Parallel Networks v. Jenner & Block, that...
AIG Unit Must Pay Defense Fees in Monopoly Case
May 5, 2017
A recent Law 360 story by Ryan Boysen, “AIG Units Owe Sabre Monopoly Defense, NY Panel Says,” reports that Sabre Inc.’s roughly $300 million coverage dispute with two AIG units is headed to...
Ninth Circuit Upholds Fees for Fees Under Statute
April 24, 2017
A recent Metropolitan News story by Kenneth Ofgang, “Panel Upholds Award of ‘Fees-on-Fees’ Under Statute” reports that a statute that permits federal judges to sanction attorneys for...
A recent The Recorder by Ross Todd, “At Odds With 9th Circuit, SCOTUS Nixes $2.7M in Discovery Sanctions,” reports that the U.S. Supreme Court held on Tuesday that attorney fee awards resulting...
A recent Law 360 story by Rick Archer, “Policy Limits Apply to Hospital System’s Defense Claims,” reports that the Fifth Circuit has ruled defense costs can count against insurance policy...
Attorney Fees Against Lloyd’s Underwriters Affirmed
March 31, 2017
A recent Business Insurance story by Judy Greenwald, “Bad Faith, Attorneys Fee Awards Against Lloyd’s Underwriters Affirmed,” reports that a California appeals court has upheld a $50,000...
Federal Circuit: EAJA Fee Awards Must Use Local Rates
March 16, 2017
A recent Law 360 story by Chuck Stanley, “Fed. Circuit Says EAJA Legal Fees Must Use Local Costs,” reports that awards for attorneys’ fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) must be...