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G.R. v. Intelligator

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Family Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an attorney's special motion to strike plaintiff's complaint, arising from her representation of plaintiff's ex-wife in postmarital dissolution...

Prison Legal News v. Schwarzenegger

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action claiming that the California Department of Corrections violated a prison newspaper's First Amendment rights, the district court's award...

In re: Southern Cal. Sunbelt Developers

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Sanctions
In actions seeking punitive damages and attorney's fees arising out of the filing of allegedly meritless involuntary bankruptcy petitions against two...

Turner v. NTSB

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Transportation
In pilots' petition for review of the National Transportation Safety Board's order reversing an attorney's fee award to petitioners against the...

Trim Fit, LLC v. Dickey

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In an action for breach of a noncompetition agreement and unfair competition, partial judgment for both parties is affirmed where: 1) the district...

Prate Installations, Inc. v. Chicago Reg'l Council of Carpenters

Attorney's Fees, Construction, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In an enforcement proceeding to confirm an arbitration award in favor of a construction firm, arising from a breach of contract by a union, district...

L-3 Comms. Corp. v. OSI Sys., Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure
In defendant's appeal from the district court's order taxing to defendant, under Fed. R. App. P. 39(e), plaintiff's costs of obtaining a letter of...

Lucky United Properties Inv., Inc. v. Lee

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Judgement Enforcement, Property Law & Real Estate
Trial court's grant of defendants' motion to compel plaintiff's attorney to acknowledge the satisfaction of a prior order for attorney's fees and...

Gagnon v. United Technisource Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In an action under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) based on defendants' failure to increase plaintiff's "per diem" hourly rate, judgment for...

Leviton Mfg. Co., Inc. v. Universal Sec. Instruments, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent, Remedies
In a patent infringement suit, district court's award of attorney fees and costs to plaintiff based on inequitable conduct and vexatious litigation is...