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Simple Collection Case Balloons Leading to $2.3M in Attorney Fees

January 19, 2010 | Posted in : Expenses / Costs, Fee Award

 

A recent article, "Simple Collections Case Balloons, Leading to $ 2.3 Million in Attorney Fees" reports that Massachusetts federal judge Rya Zobel awarded Computer Sales International Inc. (CSI) more than $2.3 million in attorney fees and about $479,000 in litigation costs for a case that began as a "simple claim" to collect $300,000. The article reports, "Zobel's January 7 order in Computer Sales International Inc. v. Lycos Inc. requires Lycos, an internet service company, to reimburse computer-leasing company CSI. Zobel's three page order awarded CSI $2,340,717 in fees and $479,720 in costs. CSI was represented by McCarter & English and McDermott Will & Emery represented Lycos in the case."