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Doe v. Chao

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
An award of attorney's fees to one plaintiff under the Privacy Act is reversed where it was directly contrary to the mandate of the court of appeals.

Campaign for Responsible Transplantation v. FDA

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Government Law
In FOIA litigation over FDA records pertaining to clinical trials in 35 investigational new drugs involving xenotransplantation, a procedure whereby...

Applied Info. Sciences Corp. v. eBay, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In order for an owner of a federally registered trademark to mount an infringement action against a user of the trademarked name on goods or services...

Tahara v. Matson Terminals, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
An amount of attorney's fees awarded to plaintiff for work his attorney allegedly performed to secure a late payment award under section 914(f) of the...

Mitchell Land & Improvement Co. v. Risorante Ferantelli, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Landlord Tenant Law
In unlawful detainer action that was subsequently voluntarily dismissed by plaintiff, order awarding defendant its attorney's fees is modified to...

Alaska Elec. Pension Fund v. Brown

Attorney's Fees, Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In an appeal involving whether an out-of-state litigant should be awarded fees in connection with the settlement of a Delaware corporate class action...

Harman v. City & County of San Francisco

Attorney's Fees, Labor & Employment Law
In case alleging employment discrimination, award of attorney's fees is reversed in part as to fees for work performed in the prior appeal on the...

Virginia Mason Hosp. v. Washington State Nurses Ass'n

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
A decision granting summary judgment to defendant-union and upholding an arbitral award prohibiting plaintiff-hospital from unilaterally implementing...

Manning v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Debt Collection, Education Law, Government Benefits
In a Social Security benefits case, denial of plaintiff's Fed. R. Civ. P. 60 motion requesting that the court either set aside an administrative...

Weyerhaeuser Co. v. Brantley

Agriculture, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In a suit brought to remove defendant and his livestock from plaintiff's land, denial of defendant's property claims and an award of damages and fees...