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Fox v. Vice

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Sanctions
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action based on a blackmail letter sent to plaintiff by a rival candidate for the office of police chief, a grant of...

Bukuras v. Mueller Group, LLC

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In a contract dispute between defendant-employer and its former general counsel over the interpretation of the severance and general release...

Gastineau v. Wright

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Debt Collection, Remedies
District court's award of $53,305.00 in attorney's fees rather than plaintiffs' attorney's request for $140,290.00 in an action under the Fair Debt...

California Corr. Peace Officers Ass'n v. Virga

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Trial court's denial of defendants' requests for attorney's fees, brought after they successfully defended against a claim of civil rights violations...

Cahvez v. City of Los Angeles

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's action under the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), court of appeals' reversal of trial court's denial of plaintiff's motion...

Weissburg v. Lancaster Sch. Dist.

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Education Law, Health Law
In an action seeking attorney's fees based on an administrative proceeding under the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act in which an...

Carr v. Tillery

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law
In an attorney-plaintiff's RICO suit against his former law partners involving a dispute over the division of legal fees in cases handled by the law...

Kiobel v. Millson

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Oil and Gas Law, Sanctions
In an appeal from an order pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 11 sanctioning defense counsel for making factual representations that lacked evidentiary...

District of Columbia v. Straus

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Education Law, Health Law
In an action under the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act seeking attorney's fees from a lawyer who, on behalf of a special needs student,...

In re: Ormsby

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Sanctions
In an action by a creditor to prevent the bankruptcy court's discharge of a state court judgment against the debtor, summary judgment for the creditor...