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Wilhelm v. Ryan

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In a personal injury case arising from an automobile accident concededly caused by defendant while operating her vehicle under the influence of...

Van Epps v. Hartzell

Attorney's Fees, Family Law
An order granting a former husband's motion for clarification of visitation rights and awarding attorney's fees is affirmed in part and reversed in...

Reiter v. M.T.A. NY City Transit Auth.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of plaintiff's application for post-Offer of Judgment attorneys' fees pursuant to Rule 68, Fed. R. Civ. P., and the calculation of his fee...

Abouab v. City and County of. San Francisco

Attorney's Fees, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
Denial of motion for attorneys' fees in connection with reassessment of property and increase in property tax is affirmed over claims that: 1)...

In re: AT&T Corp. Sec. Litig.

Attorney's Fees, Class Actions, Communications Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
An award of attorneys' fees in the settlement of a securities fraud class action is affirmed over claims by objectors that the award of attorneys'...

King v. Fox

Attorney's Fees, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Summary judgment in favor of defendant, plaintiff's former attorney, is remanded based on opinion of New York Court of Appeals that: 1) a client can...

Biomet Orthopedics, Inc. v. TACT Med. Instruments, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Commercial Law, Contracts, Health Law
Judgment is affirmed where the delivery of medical inventory to Chicago instead of Japan was unreasonable and removed the duty to pay, and where there...

Dillard's Inc. v. Liberty Life Assurance Co. of Boston

Attorney's Fees, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
An order awarding fees and costs to an employer in an ERISA action is vacated since, pursuant to the opinion filed in Dillard's, Inc. v. Liberty Life...

In re: Cisneros

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Tax Law
A petition under section 593(f) of the Ethics in Government Act for attorneys' fees, claimed to be incurred during and as a result of an investigation...

Bank of New York v. Sunshine-Jr. Stores, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Sanctions
Sanctions imposed by bankruptcy court on plaintiff for repeatedly refusing to obey several orders the court issued for benefit of debtor are affirmed...