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Entries Tagged as 'Attorney's fees'

Former sheriff seeks attorneys fees

July 16th, 2008 · No Comments · Attorney's fees, Contempt

Former Petersburg Sheriff George Epps says that he was vindicated by a 2007 Supreme Court of Virginia decision that overturned his contempt conviction and he wants the city government to pay his legal fees. As reported by The Progress-Index, Epps made his request to the City Council, but received no answer.
Epps was convicted of [...]

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Unpublished opinions: why lawyers care

July 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment · 4th Circuit, Attorney's fees, Plea Bargains, Real estate, Search and Seizure

Lawyers who follow the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals know the Richmond-based court is not generous with published opinions.
According to a cover story in the June 2008 ABA Law Journal, the court, which has been short-handed for years, issued the lowest percentage of published opinions of all federal circuits in 2006 – 6 percent [...]

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Employee’s lawyer must pay employer

June 13th, 2008 · No Comments · 4th Circuit, Attorney's fees

The Gambler got it right: you got to know when to fold ’em.
A Vienna employment lawyer unfortunately got it wrong when he pursued a worthless contract case past the point of patience for the defendant former employer. A federal court has ordered the lawyer to pay $26,057 to the company he sued for “unreasonably and [...]

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File pass-off can’t pump fee award

April 3rd, 2008 · No Comments · Attorney's fees, Discovery

As March Madness wanes, like a hoopster’s fadeaway jumper, indulge us please in one more basketball reference. We can’t let a good one get away.
Charlottesville’s U.S. Magistrate Judge B. Waugh Crigler already had decided to award fees to lawyers for Pacel Corporation in Calkins v. Pacel Corp. for its opponent’s violation of federal discovery rules [...]

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