Category Archives: Attorney’s Fees

Judge Means Awards Highmark $4.7 Million in Attorney’s Fees In Patent Infringement Lawsuit

Posted on November 7, 2010 by Steven Callahan

On November 5, 2010, Judge Means issued an order in Highmark, Inc. v. Allcare Health Management Systems, Inc. awarding Highmark $4,694,727.40 in attorney’s fees and $209,626.56 in expenses (pdf copy of order here).  The order arose out of a patent … Continue reading →

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$260,000 in Attorney’s Fees and Expenses Awarded in Wachovia’s Case Against Schlegels

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Steven Callahan

On October 29, 2010, Chief Judge Fitzwater awarded Wachovia $259,367.58 in attorney’s fees and expenses in Wachovia v. Schlegel (pdf copy of the decision available here).  Wachovia sued Robert J. Schlegel and Robert K. Schlegel in the Northern District of … Continue reading →

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Tarrant County College Hit with $230,000 Worth of Attorney’s Fees in Free Speech Case

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Steven Callahan

On October 13, 2010, Judge Means of the Northern District of Texas issued an order in Smith v. Tarrant County College (pdf available here) awarding Plaintiffs over $230,000 in attorney’s fees.  Plaintiffs had sued Tarrant County College under 42 U.S.C. … Continue reading →

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Court Sentences Spoliator of Evidence to Two Years in Prison

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Steven Callahan

Occasionally, we discuss non-Northern District of Texas cases of importance to litigators in federal court.  The court’s recent decision (pdf copy here) in Victor Stanley v. Creative Pipe (D. Md.) is one that all litigators should be familiar with.  The … Continue reading →

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“When You Find Yourself In a Hole, Stop Digging”

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Steven Callahan

Those words come from Judge Lindsay’s recent Order in EsNtion Records v. TM Studios, where Judge Lindsay took up the issue of whether to sanction EsNtion’s attorney for failure to notify the Court that her client had declared bankruptcy. The … Continue reading →

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Johnson v. Randall’s Food Markets Case Remanded, Attorney’s Fees and Costs Awarded

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Steven Callahan

On September 13, 2010, Magistrate Judge Toliver, in Johnson v. Randall’s Food Markets, issued an order remanding the case to Dallas County Court of Law No. 3.  Judge Toliver found that the defendants (who were diverse from the plaintiffs) failed … Continue reading →

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