Learn how attorney's fee awards work, including when they're granted, key factors, and the process for determining amounts in U.S. legal cases.

Mariah Carey is ending the year with a legal victory tied to one of her biggest hits. Months after a copyright lawsuit ...

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Opposing counsel cited Jackson v. State office of Administrative Hearings to argue a lawyer representing himself could not recover attorney fees. A construction and real estate transactional law ...

Plaintiffs Andy Stone and Troy Powers filed their copyright infringement suit against Carey, her co-writer Walter Afanasieff ...

Under the Equal Access to Justice Act, a court in a civil action against the United States shall award to a prevailing party other than the United States fees and other expenses . . . incurred by that ...

Oct 17 (Reuters) - Plaintiffs' lawyers behind a new $2.8 billion class action antitrust settlement with Blue Cross Blue Shield are planning to request up to $700 million in legal fees for their work, ...

Orange County was ordered to pay $1.54 million in attorneys' fees in addition to a $3 million verdict in favor of former ...

"When an attorney leaves a firm, there are rules in our profession, where every client that I was representing should have ...