If you were entitled to attorneys’ fees for trial-level work in a Chapter 75 case, you are entitled to attorneys’ fees for appellate-level work as well. The Court of Appeals
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U.S. Supreme Court: Undecided Contract-Based Attorneys’ Fees Motion Does Not Toll Deadline For Filing Notice of Appeal
By Beth Scherer on
Can a party wait to appeal a substantive order if a motion for attorneys’ fees is still pending? If you feel like you have heard this question before, you are…
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Getting Paid for Your Work: Attorney’s Fees on Appeal
By Kip D. Nelson on
How exactly can a client recover for attorney’s fees expended on appeal? The Court of Appeals provided some clarity on this question today, at least in the family law context.
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Attorneys’ Fees are Ancillary, and That’s Final
By Matthew Nis Leerberg on
Does a pending motion for attorneys’ fees make the otherwise final substantive order interlocutory, or can it be immediately appealed?
I wrote a few months ago about the Court of…
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“Not a Model of Clarity”: When a Pending Motion for Attorneys’ Fees Prevents an Immediate Appeal
By Matthew Nis Leerberg on
The case is over, and you’ve won. Feeling bullish, you move for attorneys’ fees. Before the trial court reaches the fees issue, however, your opponent files a Notice of Appeal…
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