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PEOPLE v. MAHESHWARI

Attorney's Fees, Remedies
Both attorney fees and private investigator's fees constituted economic losses incurred by defendant's employer as a result of defendant's conduct,...

ZEIGLER COAL CO. v. DIR., OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMP. PROGRAMS

Administrative Law, Admiralty, Attorney's Fees, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Administrative Law Judge properly found that claimant was entitled to an irrebuttable presumption of pneumoconiosis, and benefits under the Black Lung...

MERIWETHER v. CARAUSTAR PACKAGING CO.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Sexual harassment claim was not actionable as a lone grabbing incident and subsequent encounter did not equal severe or pervasive conduct to alter...

ABRAHAM v. ROCKWELL INT'L CORP.

Attorney's Fees, Environmental Law, Government Contracts
Legal fees and other costs incurred in a successful defense against environmental criminal charges that never ripened into criminal charges are...

SCAFAR CONTRACTING, INC. v. SEC'Y OF LABOR

Attorney's Fees, Labor & Employment Law
The requirement in the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), 5 U.S.C. section 504, that an application for attorneys' fees be filed "within thirty days...

POUILLON v. LITTLE

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
A jury award in favor of plaintiff for nominal damages does not support an award of attorney's fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section 1988, and an...

IN THE MATTER OF SYNTHROID MARKETING LITIG.

Attorney's Fees, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Drugs & Biotech
For each band of recovery after a class action alleging consumer fraud by a pharmaceutical company, consumer class counsel should recover at least as...

KASZA v. WHITMAN

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
Appellant was not a "prevailing party" under the fee-shifting provision of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. section 6972(e), and...

ORRICK HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE, LLP v. SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO (MALCOLM)

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Legal Malpractice
Defendant's claimed damages of legal fees he spent in an unsuccessful attempt to overturn a settlement do not represent possible tort damages, thus...

BRIDGMON v. ARRAY SYS., CORP.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Copyright, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property
A copyright infringement plaintiff's failure to adduce evidence to allow a comparison between his registered computer program and an allegedly...