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US v. HRISTOV

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure
A timely-filed motion for attorney's fees under the Hyde Amendment may be amended outside the statutory deadline, to include required information...

IN RE: RITE AID CORP

Attorney's Fees, Class Actions, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In assessing the reasonableness of attorneys' fees in a section 10(b) securities class action, the district court abused its discretion when it...

COMM'R v. BANKS

Attorney's Fees, Tax Law
In calculating federal income tax, when a litigant's recovery constitutes income, the litigant's income includes the portion of the recovery paid to...

BALDWIN BUILDERS v. COAST PLASTERING CORP.

Attorney's Fees, Construction, Contracts
A unilateral attorney fee clause included in an indemnity agreement, which provides for the recovery of attorney fees incurred in enforcing the...

US v. SCHNEIDER

Attorney's Fees, Criminal Law & Procedure
The indictment of a non-cooperating target of a grand jury investigation, where the government has solid evidence of guilt, is not "vexatious,...

BOSTON'S CHILDREN FIRST v. CITY OF BOSTON

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
In a suit challenging defendant-City's school assignment system, the award of nominal damages to plaintiffs was de minimis success and does not...

LIFKOVITZ v. WAGNER

Attorney's Fees, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a suit for improper diversion of partnership income, the district court properly confirmed an arbitration award which required defendants to repay...

IN RE: WEINSCHNEIDER

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Contracts
The bankruptcy court properly denied plaintiff's claim for attorney fees where attorney fees cannot be recovered as an administrative expense for...

BRUNO INDEP. LIVING AIDS, INC. v. ACORN MOBILITY SERV.

Attorney's Fees, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute concerning stairlifts, an award of attorney fees to defendant is affirmed where the district court did not err in its...

BROOKS FURNITURE MFR. v. DUTAILIER INT'L INC.

Attorney's Fees, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute, the award of attorney fees to plaintiff is vacated where there is not clear and convincing evidence of bad faith by defendant in...