Under a common-law doctrine successful litigants love to hate – the “American Rule” – a party to litigation cannot recover its legal fees unless a contract, statute, or court rule expressly authorizes fee-shifting to the...more
Under the so-called “American Rule,” litigants usually must pay their own lawyer fees. But in business divorce and other private company disputes between business co-owners, there are a variety of ways for individual...more
One of the most common questions I get from my clients is whether they can recover their legal expenses for having to defend a meritless case. The short answer is that in most cases, no. That may seem unfair, especially...more