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Lathrop GPM

Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms Dismissal of Case Based on Plaintiff’s Dishonesty

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Last month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed a sanction decision of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, ruling that the lower court’s dismissal of the plaintiff’s case for lying in...more

Vondran Legal

Flava Works sues 23 DOES in Illinois

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Flava Works used to file a good number of file-sharing lawsuits.  I have not seen alot lately.  However, they have just filed a mass Doe Defendant lawsuit in Illinois Federal Court (Northern District) alleging copyright and...more

Butler Snow LLP

Will companies get a pass on personal injury claims under RICO?

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The United Supreme Court will hear arguments this month in a case that will have widespread consequences for the business community, specifically the products industry. In Medical Marijuana v. Horn, the question presented to...more

Stark & Stark

Understanding Workers’ Compensation Costs and Fees in New Jersey

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This is a common question, and it is necessary to fully understand the costs and fees that will be deducted from your award as you consider a potential settlement or are reviewing a judgement by a Judge of Compensation. The...more

Walkers

Striking off and Winding Up Guernsey Companies: What are the requirements?

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Two of the most common ways to dissolve a Guernsey company are the voluntary striking-off procedure, and the voluntary winding-up procedure. Each has different requirements, and are only available in certain...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Ninth Circuit Addresses State Sovereign Immunity for Claims Based on Dismissed Involuntary Petitions

When an involuntary bankruptcy petition is dismissed, section 303(i) of the Bankruptcy Code permits a debtor to seek reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs from the petitioners, and, if the petition was filed in bad faith,...more

Robinson Bradshaw

More Money, More Problems: Courts Scrutinize High Attorneys’ Fees Awards in Class Action Settlements

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When a class action lawsuit ends, class counsel typically seek a fee award. Under Rule 23(h), the district court must make findings of facts and conclusions of law to support an award of “reasonable attorney’s fees and...more

Hudnell Law Group

Common Patent Litigation Defenses Insufficient To Justify Award Of Attorneys’ Fees

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In Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC v. Sling TV, LLC, et al., 2024 U.S. App. LEXIS 21348 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 23, 2024), the Federal Circuit, in an opinion authored by Judge Alan D. Albright sitting by designation, vacated and...more

McGlinchey Stafford

Litigation Byte (September Edition)

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Court Finds Mass Arbitration Bellwether and Delegation Provisions Unconscionable - The district court for the Northern District of California recently denied a defendant’s motion to compel arbitration and, in so ruling,...more

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Mold: Homebuyer Files Action Alleging Breach of Warranty/Negligence in Circuit Court of Garland County, Arkansas

Georgia Lawrence (“Lawrence”) filed a September 20th Complaint in the Circuit Court of Garland County, Arkansas against Strategic Home Inspection, LLC (“SHI”) and Hamilton Wilson (“Wilson”) alleging certain causes of action...more

Marshall Dennehey

Commonwealth Court Paves the Way for Workers’ Compensation Fee Agreements Pertaining to Prospective Medical Benefits by Declaring...

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Key Points: A 20% Fee Agreement applicable to all workers’ compensation benefits, indemnity and medical, is per se reasonable and enforceable, regardless of whether the medical expenses have been incurred or will be incurred...more

Fisher Phillips

5 SCOTUS Cases for Employers to Track as 2024/2025 Term Begins

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The Supreme Court will begin a new term on October 7, and we’re watching several cases that will likely have a big impact on the workplace. The Justices will grapple with wage and hour issues, coverage under the Americans...more

Foster Swift Collins & Smith

Striving for Fairness – How do Courts Deal with a Couple's Ongoing Financial Obligations During Divorce Proceedings?

During the divorce process, questions regarding finances will inevitably come up: How will our finances work while we’re getting divorced? Who is going to pay the mortgage, credit card, daycare, school tuition? Can I pay my...more

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Equity’s maxims have many jurisprudential functions, one critical function being to sinew the equitable principles that regulate...

Equity’s maxims have many jurisprudential functions, one critical function being to sinew the equitable principles that regulate the law of trusts. A court that is saddled with sorting out the rights, duties and obligations...more

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC

New Legal Challenge for Pennsylvania Businesses: Navigating the Updated UTPCPL Cost Provisions

Under the Pennsylvania Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law (UTPCPL), the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General (OAG) Consumer Protection Section regularly conducts investigations of companies doing business...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Digital Replicas and the First Amendment: The Latest in Artificial Intelligence Legislation

Image-generating technology is accelerating quickly, making it much more likely that you will be seeing "digital replicas" (sometimes referred to as "deepfakes") of celebrities and non-celebrities alike across film,...more

Marshall Dennehey

Defendant’s Request for Attorney’s Fees Within Its Summary Judgment Motion is Insufficient to Place Plaintiff on Notice That...

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Barnhardt Construction, LLC v. Steven C. Hildreth, et al., 31 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 600a (Fla. 5th Cir. Ct. 2024) - On February 6, 2024, the Fifth Circuit Court in Hernando County, Florida, rendered a decision regarding a...more

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Rising Counsel Fees: How Increased Costs Affect Petitioners and Respondents

On August 22, 2024, the acting Governor signed a bill increasing attorney fees on workers’ compensation cases. Since 1927, the fee for an attorney on a workers’ compensation case was up to 20%. This has now changed with the...more

CDF Labor Law LLP

Attorneys’ Fees May Be Awarded in FEHA Cases Even Where Attorney Misconduct Is Involved

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In Simers v. Los Angeles Times Communications LLC, Plaintiff T.J. Simers was a well-known columnist for the Times, who after 23 years of employment, suffered a medical issue at the age of 62. Upon resuming his duties, the...more

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“Boomerang” Indemnification/Advancement-Gilbert v. Unisys

Under Delaware law, executives (and former executives) may be entitled to indemnification and advancement from their employer for claims arising in connection with their employment. These rights to indemnification/advancement...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Commercial Division Grants Award of Attorneys’ Fees, Despite Omnibus Objections Aimed to the Reasonableness of Services

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Lawyers practicing in the Commercial Division are keenly aware of issues related to attorneys’ fee awards in commercial cases.  Commercial agreements commonly contain a provision awarding attorneys’ fees to a prevailing party...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Superior Court of Quebec Warns of the Risks of Making Settlement Approval Contingent on Approval of Class Counsel Fees

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In Walid c. Compagnie Nationale Royal Air Maroc, 2024 QCCS 2674, the Superior Court of Quebec refused to approve a settlement agreement because Class Counsel’s fees were unreasonable and excessive, even though the settlement...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Federal Circuitry

What Makes a Case Exceptional?

What Makes a Case Exceptional? Panel: Chief Judge Moore and Judges Lourie and Albright,[1] with Judge Albright authoring the opinion. You should read this case if: you are seeking or opposing an award of attorneys’ fees under...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Lower the Red Flags: Flawed Fee Award Flops

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded a district court decision awarding attorneys’ fees, finding that the district court abused its discretion by failing to properly explain its basis for the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Attorney’s Fees May Be Recoverable in Trade Secret Cases, Even Without Damages

In California, although the prevailing rule is that each party in litigation must cover their own fees and costs, a litigant can be awarded reasonable attorney’s fees and costs if expressly permitted in a contract....more

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