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In re: Diet Drugs Prod. Liability Litig.

Attorney's Fees, Class Actions, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In multidistrict mass tort litigation concerning appetite suppressant drugs commonly known as fen-phen, district court's final award of attorneys'...

Gorman v. Tassajara Dev. Corp.

Attorney's Fees, Construction, Contracts
In plaintiffs' construction defect case against numerous defendants including general contractor, district court's award of attorneys' fees and costs...

McKenna v. City of Philadelphia

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In plaintiffs' section 1983 lawsuit against the city of Philadelphia and various police officers arising from an impromptu street celebration after...

Sternberg v. Johnston

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection, Remedies
In an adversary proceeding in bankruptcy court for violation of an automatic stay, judgment for defendant is affirmed in part where plaintiff violated...

All-Ways Logistics, Inc. v. USA Truck, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Commercial Law, Contracts, Remedies, Transportation
In a breach of contract action arising out of a commission agreement entered into by the parties, judgment for plaintiff is affirmed where: 1) the...

In re Marriage of Lyustiger

Attorney's Fees, International Law, Judgement Enforcement
In divorce proceedings, trial court's grant of wife's motion to enforce two orders of a British domestic relations court requiring the husband to pay...

Phillips v. Shinseki

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
Veterans Court's refusal to permit the daughters of deceased veteran-claimants to be substituted for their fathers is reversed and remanded where: 1)...

Delaware River & Bay Auth. v. Kopacz

Admiralty, Attorney's Fees, Government Benefits, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In an admiralty case involving shipowner's duty to pay maintenance to a seaman, district court's award of declaratory judgment in favor of the...

Rabo Agrifinance Inc. v. Terra XXI LTd.

Agriculture, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Debt Collection, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action seeking to foreclose on plaintiff's security interests in loan collateral, district court's order allowing the foreclosure is affirmed...

Hylton v. Frank E. Rogozienski, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Professional Malpractice
In plaintiff's legal malpractice action against his former attorney seeking damages and rescission of a contingency fee contract, trial court's denial...