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MCNEIL-PPC, INC. v. L. PERRIGO CO.

Attorney's Fees, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
Though the district court correctly determined that asserted claims of plaintiff's patents directed to a method for treating gastrointestinal distress...

SHOTT v. RUSH-PRESBYTERIAN-ST. LUKE'S MED. CTR.

Attorney's Fees, Remedies
Attorneys' fees should not have been awarded to the extent that a trial was voided due to a prevailing disability discrimination plaintiff's...

THE CADLE CO. v. SCHLICTMANN, CONWAY, CROWLEY & HUGO

Attorney's Fees, Judgement Enforcement
Denial of a third party's attempt to intervene as a party holding an interest in a debt against defendant is affirmed. Plaintiff, who sold the debt to...

HORPHAG RESEARCH LTD. v. PELLEGRINI

Attorney's Fees, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
Defendant was not entitled to a nominative fair use defense for use of plaintiff's trademarked name on a website, but a dilution claim is remanded for...

COUTEE v. BARINGTON CAPITAL GROUP, L.P.

Attorney's Fees, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Securities Law
Arbitrators in a securities claim did not manifestly disregard the facts in assessing the amount of loss that resulted from defendant's conduct, and...

IN RE VITAMIN CASES

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Attorney's Fees, Drugs & Biotech
In an antitrust class action lawsuit brought on behalf of direct purchasers of vitamins, an award of attorney fees and costs must be reversed and...

VAUGHN v. PRINCIPI

Attorney's Fees, Government Benefits
In an action for attorneys' fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act, two recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions preclude plaintiffs from attaining...

FORMER EMPLOYEES OF MOTOROLA CERAMIC PRODS. v. US

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, International Trade, Labor & Employment Law
Parties who secure a consent order remanding a proceeding to an administrative agency because of an alleged error on the merits (where the court also...

RICHARDSON v. CONT'L GRAIN CO.

Admiralty, Attorney's Fees, Injury & Tort Law, Workers' Compensation
Denial of attorneys' fees under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act is affirmed where plaintiff did not successfully prosecute his...

BLOCKEL v. J. C. PENNEY CO., INC.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In an employer's appeal of disability discrimination claims, the district court properly denied employer's motion for judgment notwithstanding the...