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Seventh Circuit Upholds Slashing Of Over $300K In Attorneys’ Fees Based On $2,000 Jury Verdict

An easy to parrot, hard to apply attorney fee maxim involves the “prevailing party” standard.  To get attorneys fees awarded under a statutory or contractual fee-shifting provision, you must “prevail” or win the case.  So what happens when your win is a proverbial Pyrrhic one?  That is, you win the lawsuit but get only a fraction of the money …

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Posted byPaulPJune 21, 2014July 7, 2014Posted inFederal Courts, RemediesTags: 1983 action, attorney fee, award, excessive fees, excessive force, Federal court, fee-shifting, hourly rate, lodestar, prevailing party, recoverable costs
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