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Crawford v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Health Law
In consolidated appeals from fee awards to attorneys who successfully represented Social Security Disability Insurance claimants in federal court...

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP v. Nat'l Dev. & Research Corp.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, Judgement Enforcement, Professional Malpractice, Remedies
In plaintiff's legal malpractice case, court of appeals' judgment in favor of plaintiff is reversed where: 1) there is legally insufficient evidence...

Law Offices of Andrew L. Ellis v. Yang

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts
In plaintiff's case against defendant claiming breach of contract in refusing to pay for legal representation, among others, trial court's denial of...

Delay v. Rosenthal Collins Group, LLC

Attorney's Fees, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In plaintiff's action against his former employer, seeking indemnification for legal expenses incurred in successfully defending a prior suit brought...

Pettrey v. Enter. Title Agency, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiffs' case against defendants alleging fraudulent scheme of charging customers for services not performed and using that money to give...

US v. Velez

Attorney's Fees, Criminal Law & Procedure
In the government's appeal from a district court's dismissal of a money laundering charge against defendants, the order is affirmed where monetary...

Smith v. Trust

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure
Trial court's judgment is affirmed in part and reversed in part and remanded as Ragsdale v. Progressive Voters League, 801 S.W.2d 880 (Tex. 1990)does...

Crockett & Myers, Ltd. v. Napier, Fitzgerald & Kirby, LLP

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts
In defendants' appeal from the district court's dismissal of their counterclaim and the district court's award of quantum meruit compensation...

Bridgeport Music, Inc. v. Universal-MCA Music Publ'g., Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Media Law
In plaintiffs' lawsuit against defendants, alleging copyright infringement and various state law claims relating to the use of samples in rap...

Kinsey v. Union Pac. R.R. Co.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In plaintiff's Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA) action against defendant-railroad company, trial court's verdict in favor of defendant is...