Counsel Fees Awards for Post-Judgment Proceedings and Appeals

In New York, courts can award legal fees during and after divorce cases, including appeals, based on fairness and financial ...
JD Supra

50 State Survey: Offer of Judgment Statutes and Rules

Most states have an offer of judgment provision,[1] and many of them are patterned after Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 68. Unlike Fed. R. Civ. P. 68, some states allow either party—not just the ...

Rejected: $11.5M Attorney-Fee Request Turned on State Law

According to court documents, the defendants trial attorneys at Zaroff & Zaroff charged at hourly rates between $285 to $600 ...
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Defendant’s Request for Attorney’s Fees Within Its Summary Judgment Motion is Insufficient to Place Plaintiff on Notice That Defendants Are Claiming Attorney’s Fees

Barnhardt Construction, LLC v. Steven C. Hildreth, et al., 31 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 600a (Fla. 5th Cir. Ct. 2024) On February 6, 2024, the Fifth Circuit Court in Hernando County, Florida, rendered a ...
The Daily Record (Maryland)

Perspectives: Attorney-fee appeals attract attention

“The matter of fees is important, … [and] properly attended to, fuller justice is done to both lawyer and client.” — Abraham Lincoln, “Notes for a Law Lecture” (July 1, 1850). There is nothing that ...