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Westar Energy, Inc. v. Lake

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Remedies, White Collar Crime
An interlocutory order, requiring plaintiff-company to advance past and future legal fees incurred by defendant for his criminal defense, is affirmed...

Garner v. Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions
District court order imposing costs and attorney fees against plaintiffs for maintaining frivolous discrimination claims after those claims had become...

Tilton v. Playboy Entm't Group, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Criminal Law & Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
In a suit claiming sexual exploitation of a 17-year old minor against promoters and photographers, involving whether their taking videos and...

Musaelian v. Adams

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Judgement Enforcement, Property Law & Real Estate, Sanctions
Code of Civil Procedure section 128.7, which authorizes trial courts to impose sanctions to check abuses in the filing of pleadings, petitions,...

Jeffboat, LLC v. Office of Workers' Comp. Programs

Attorney's Fees, Workers' Compensation
Award of attorney's fees in a workers' compensation case is affirmed where the ALJ did not abuse his discretion by determining that the hourly rate...

Hubbard v. Sobreck LLC

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
Award of attorney's fees in an action under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the California Disabled Persons Act is reversed where the award of...

Ramos v. Dep't of Justice

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Government employee's petition for review of a decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) denying his request for attorney fees based on...

In Re: Smart World Techs., LLC

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In the bankruptcy context, pre-approval of a fee agreement under 11 U.S.C. section 328(a) depends on the totality of the circumstances, including...

Chen v. Chen Qualified Settlement Fund

Attorney's Fees, Professional Malpractice
In a case arising from a medical malpractice action which had been settled, denial of attorney's application for attorneys' fees is affirmed where: 1)...

In the Matter of: Owens

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law
Bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing debtor's bad-faith Chapter 11 case rather than converting it to Chapter 7. When deciding...