Sentences with phrase «substantial fee awards»

Substantial fee awards do not necessarily always arrive in the form of postjudgment costs awards.

Vexatious litigant was unable to overturn the substantial fee award on appeal.

«Civil Rights: Plaintiffs Successfully Challenging Anti-Gang Injunction Have Substantial Fee Award Of Over $ 3.2 Million Affirmed Main Costs: $ 107,292.56 Costs Award Reversed Based On 2005 Final Judgment Providing Each Side Bears Own Costs»

Except for a typographical correction of a small amount, Former Attorney — by having good records and showing a willingness to take the stand for purposes of explaining the overall litigation efforts — won a substantial fee award from Former Clients who, while disgruntled, apparently did not rebut that the performed services should be paid.

Here, they obtained a reversal of a substantial fee award made as part of a compensatory damage «prove - up» and a remand for a new trial on the damages issue.

Not exact matches

There are also additional fees (unless you qualify for them to be waived) and a chance of having the bank's potentially substantial costs awarded against you if you aren't in the small claims system.

REMEMBER: Virgin Atlantic, like British Airways, charges high carrier fees on award tickets so there will be a substantial cash payment to be made alongside the miles outlay.

Vigna claimed substantial indemnity for $ 68,250 as a self - represented lawyer, $ 26,434.54 for fees from Heenan Blaikie, and disbursements of $ 7,516, for a global cost award from $ 50,000 — $ 65,000.

The District Court denied Kirtsaeng's motion, giving» «substantial weight» to the «objective reasonableness» of Wiley's infringement claim,» and stating that» «the imposition of a fee award against a copyright holder with an objectively reasonable» - although unsuccessful - «litigation position will generally not promote the purposes of the Copyright Act,»» and that no other factors «outweighed» that objective reasonableness to warrant fee - shifting.

As far as reasonableness of fees, the trial judge did discount for duplicative work between the two attorneys» SLAPP motions, including a substantial reduction for attorney # 2's fees — inefficiency / duplicative efforts were indeed factored into the ultimate awards.

Successfully represented a design and engineering firm in a trial against the project owner and construction lender concerning the validity and priority of its mechanic's lien over encumbrance of mortgager; obtained judgment for full amount and first priority of the lien, plus a substantial award interest and attorney's fees.

The importer appealed to the Supreme Court, which held that in copyright cases the «objective reasonableness» of the losing party's legal position carries «substantial weight» in deciding whether to grant attorneys» fees to the winning party — but that factor alone is not dispositive: a party's litigation misconduct or «repeated» infringement or «overaggressive» enforcement of claims could also justify a fee award even if a party's legal argument was reasonable.

There is a substantial body of case law that requires attorney fee awards pursuant to statutes or fee shifting agreements in contracts to be calculated based on an hourly fee.

With respect to the size of the fee award, the appellate court was «not unmindful» of this factor, but gave credence to the trial judge's assessment that plaintiff used a classic «shotgun» litigation strategy, so he bore substantial responsibility and should have expected Bank would incur substantial fees.

The jury had awarded damages of $ 350,000, St. Lewis asked the court to award her costs on a substantial indemnity scale of $ 552,706.56 for fees and $ 55,305.97 for disbursements plus HST.

Mishcon de Reya impressed the judges with the win the firm secured for client Sainsbury's in a high profile dispute over card payment fees, with judges noting that this was the «first substantial award in a standalone competition damages claim in the UK».

Who says that fee and costs awards under California's private attorney general statute can not be substantial in nature?

Plaintiff lost after a jury trial, with the trial court awarding defendants $ 163,760 in costs (all of the requested amount, including substantial expert witness fees).

In today's environment, a single major employment dispute can result in the erosion of substantial assets because of legal fees and a potential jury award.