Holmes: From my perspective, the time to
reconsider attorney fee awards has come, and, if the Supreme Court agrees, the impact upon technology and other companies that are victims of patent trolls will be significant.
After the family court issued a final order
awarding her $ 500.00 per month in permanent periodic alimony, Wife filed a motion pursuant to Rule 59 (e), SCRCP, requesting the family court
reconsider its decision to not
award her
attorney's
fees and credit her the payments she made on the second mortgage.