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Opinion: Courts Are Right to Reject Insurer ERISA Attorney Fee Awards

December 31, 2024

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Litigators Concerned About Attorney Fee Issue Before SCOTUS

November 18, 2024

Fees Paid by Gov't / Taxpayers

Legislation / Politics

Practice Area: Civil Rights / Public Interest

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SCOTUS to Decide on Prevailing Party Status for Attorney Fees

October 8, 2024

Fee Award Factors

Practice Area: Civil Rights / Public Interest

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SCOTUS to Define ‘Prevailing Party’ for Attorney Fee Awards

April 22, 2024

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Article: Defense Strategy in Copyright Fee-Shifting Litigation

March 29, 2024

American Rule

Article / Book

Fee Scholarship

Offer of Judgment (Rule 68)

FRCP

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Article: Why the Catalyst Theory Matters in Class Actions

March 11, 2024

Fee Scholarship

Practice Area: Class Action / Mass Tort / MDL

Legislation / Politics

Litigation Economics

Lodestar

Quantum Meruit

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SCOTUS Passes on Attorney Fee Awards in Copyright Cases

March 5, 2024

Fee Denial

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Epic Games Calls Apple’s $73M Attorney Fee Request An Overreach

February 27, 2024

Fee Dispute

Fee Expert / Member

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Roundup MDL Lead Counsel Defend Fee Allocations

February 19, 2024

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Practice Area: Class Action / Mass Tort / MDL

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

February 16, 2024

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Disrupting the Class: Objections to Class Action Settlements

January 17, 2024

Practice Area: Class Action / Mass Tort / MDL

Bankruptcy Fees / Expenses

Settlement Data / Terms

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SCOTUS Examines Proposed Retroactive US Trustee Fee Fixes

January 9, 2024

Fee Clawback

Practice Area: Bankruptcy / Restructuring

Trustee Fees

USTP

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Why Federal Circuit Affirmed Patent Attorney Fee Award

January 2, 2024

Fees & Litigation Tactics

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SCOTUS to Hear Attorney Fees Under the Copyright Act

December 1, 2023

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

November 30, 2023

Exceptional Case

Fee Dispute

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Judge Cuts Gibson Dunn’s Fee Request in Half

September 22, 2023

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Practice Area: Civil Rights / Public Interest

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Article: How NY SLAPP Defendants Can Recover Attorney Fees

September 6, 2023

Article / Book

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Bankruptcy Fees / Expenses

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USTP Wants SCOTUS to Wait on Trustee Fee Ruling

July 24, 2023

Practice Area: Bankruptcy / Restructuring

Trustee Fees

USTP

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Federal Circuit Urged to Toss IP Fee Award in ‘Exceptional Case’

October 20, 2022

Exceptional Case