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Snyder v. Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Government Benefits, Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees
In a petition for review of a precedential opinion of the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) General Counsel, which concerned attorney's fees, the...

Rothschild Connected Devices Innovations, Inc. v. Guardian Protection Servs., Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Attorney's Fees
In an attorney's fees portion of an underlying patent infringement suit, the district court's denial of fees, on grounds that plaintiff had not...

Checkpoint Sys., Inc. v. All-Tag Security S.A.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Attorney's Fees
In an attorney fee appeal arising from a patent infringement suit, the district court's decision deeming the case 'exceptional' and award of attorney...

Heimlich v. Shivji

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Attorney's Fees
In an appeal involving the recoverability of costs available under Code of Civil Procedure section 998 following an American Arbitration Association...

Kinney v. Clark

Property Law & Real Estate, Sanctions, Attorney's Fees
In a vexatious litigant-plaintiff's appeal from a post-judgment award for attorney fees and costs defendant incurred in a prior appeal while...

Denault v. Ahern

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Attorney's Fees
In an action alleging a common law conversion claim against a police officer, arising out of the seizure and search of plaintiffs' car which produced...

Amphastar Pharms., Inc. v. Aventis Pharms., Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Injury & Tort Law, Drugs & Biotech, Attorney's Fees
In a qui tam suit under the False Claims Act alleging that defendant committed fraud against the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) and obtained...

NOVA Chemicals Corp. v. Dow Chemical Co.

Intellectual Property, Patent, Attorney's Fees
In an appeal of attorney's fees awarded under 35 U.S.C. section 235 in an underlying action in equity, seeking relief from a prior judgment that...

Decker v. Beryhill

Government Benefits, Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees
In a plaintiff's application for attorney fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), in an underlying suit in which plaintiff successfully...

Dellew Corp. v. US

Government Contracts, Judges & Judiciary, Attorney's Fees
In the Government's appeal of attorney's fees awarded to plaintiff by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act...