2010AP2831 Integrity Construction Group Inc. v. Neary
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Employment – FLSA — attorney fees
11-1934 Johnson v. GDF, Inc.
Read More »Consumer Protection — Lemon Law — attorney fees
2010AP3062 In re the award of attorney fees and costs in: Zimmerman v. Chrysler Group LLC, et al.
Read More »Civil Procedure — class actions — attorney fees — intervention
11-3030 & 11-3163 In re Trans Union Corp. Privacy Litigation
Read More »Civil Procedure — attorney fees
11-1117 Broaddus v. Shields
Read More »Employment — Title VII — attorney fees
11-2146 Pickett v. Sheridan Health Care Center
Read More »Trusts and Estates — attorney fees
2010AP1522 In re the estate of Earl Lazendorf vs. Shaw
Read More »Walker signs bill capping attorney fees
Gov. Scott Walker plans to sign a bill designed to limit attorney fees.
Read More »Walker set to sign 2 bills into law affecting legal community (UPDATE)
Gov. Scott Walker is signing a series of bills into law Wednesday afternoon, including two that will directly affect the legal community.
Read More »Family – divorce – attorney fees – property — assets
2010AP2962 In re the marriage of: Gast v. Gast
Read More »Family – maintenance — attorney fees
2010AP2863, 2011AP420 In re the marriage of: Wagner v. Sobszak
Read More »Bill would regulate attorneys’ fees in some civil cases
A Wisconsin lawmaker plans to introduce a bill that will regulate the amount attorneys can collect in some civil cases.
Read More »Taxpayer can’t treat attorney fees as alimony, says U.S. Tax Court
A taxpayer could not deduct as alimony amounts paid for his former spouse’s attorney fees, the U.S. Tax Court has ruled in affirming a $5,600 deficiency assessment.
Read More »10-2284 & 10-3046 Kolbe & Kolbe Health & Welfare Benefit Plan v. The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc.
Employment ERISA; attorney fees
Read More »10-1978, 10-2175 & 10-3713 Williams v. Rohm and Haas Pension Plan
Employment ERISA; class actions; attorney fees
Read More »10-3134 Micrometl Corp. v. Transact Technologies, Inc.
Civil Procedure Removal; attorney fees
Read More »09-4008 Sierra Club v. Khanjee Holding, Inc.
Environmental Law Clean Air Act; attorney fees
Read More »2009AP2154 Cabinet Ingenuity & Design LLC v. Village Park Development LLC, et al.
Property Landlord-tenant; breach; damages; attorney fees
Read More »2010AP1468 Falk v. Droegkamp Sales & Services Inc.
Property Landlord-tenant; attorney fees; prevailing party
Read More »2010AP2384 In re the marriage of: Callen v. Callen
Family Child support; gross income; attorney fees
Read More »2010AP817 In re the estate of Margaret J. Elegreet
Trusts and Estates Attorney fees; personal representative fees
Read More »10-114 Fox v. Vice
Civil Rights Attorney fees; frivolous claims When a plaintiff’s suit involves both frivolous and non-frivolous claims, a court may grant reasonable fees to the defendant, but only for costs that the defendant would not have incurred but for the frivolous claims. Congress’s purpose in enacting §1988—to relieve defendants of the burdens associated with fending off frivolous litigation—points to the proper ...
Read More »10-3957, 10-3965 & 11-1016 NRA v. City of Chicago
Civil Rights Attorney fees; prevailing party Litigants who prevailed in the U.S. Supreme Court are prevailing parties entitled to attorney fees, even if the defendants repealed the unconstitutional statutes before the district court could order them to on remand. “The municipalities insist that the Supreme Court’s decision addressed only ‘a preliminary legal issue that did not resolve plaintiffs’ claims against ...
Read More »10-3454 Bassett v. Astrue
Public Health Disability benefits; attorney fees Where the precise date when a disability benefits applicant became eligible is debatable, the applicant is not entitled to attorney fees incurred in successfully establishing an eligibility date. “We do not think that Chief Judge McCuskey abused his discretion when he decided that the commissioner’s position in Bassett’s case was substantially justified. There is ...
Read More »2010AP2550-FT In re the finding of contempt in In re the Estate of William R. Cape
Civil Procedure Contempt; attorney fees Christopher C. Cape appeals from a judgment and order finding him in contempt of court and assessing attorney fees, costs and interest. The trial court found that, despite a clear order by the court to promptly execute and deliver certain documents so that 110.806 acres of land could be partitioned, Cape continuously engaged in unwarranted ...
Read More »10-1061 & 10-2749 Huss v. IBM Medical & Dental Plan
ERISA Attorney fees Where an insured obtains some success in suing an ERISA plan for denial of benefits, but may not ultimately prevail, the district court’s award of attorney fees is vacated pending reconsideration on remand. “We would be hesitant to conclude that the Defendants’ position, though unsuccessful in significant part, was so indefensible as to warrant an award of ...
Read More »2010AP1668 Dresler v. Wozniak
Property Landlord-tenant; attorney fees Dennis Dresler appeals from a small claims judgment in favor of James and Carolyn Wozniak. Dresler challenges both the circuit court’s dismissal of his claim for damaged carpet and the court’s determination that he was only entitled to prorated rent for the month of August. We reject Dresler’s arguments and affirm. We also agree with the ...
Read More »08-2257, 08-3979 & 08-4176 HyperQuest, Inc. v. N’Site Solutions, Inc.
Copyright Attorney fees The prevailing party in a copyright action was properly awarded attorney fees, although the suit was filed in good faith. “HyperQuest acknowledges that it is not easy to overturn an award of fees. It asserts, however, that the award is tainted by legal error: the district court, it says, applied an irrebuttable presumption in favor of granting ...
Read More »10-1154 In re: Trans Union Corp. Privacy Litigation
Civil Procedure Class actions; attorney fees The special master in a class action arbitrarily reduced attorney’s fees. “The 12 percent figure was plucked out of a hat, and a hat with three holes in it: the unresolved comparison with securities class actions, the arbitrary reduction in attorneys’ fees for the nonpecuniary relief, and the perfunctory (less than a page) consideration, ...
Read More »2010AP823 In re the award of attorney fees: Kauffmann v. Volkswagen Group of America Inc., et al.
Consumer Protection Lemon Law; attorney fees This case involves a challenge to the circuit court’s award of attorney’s fees. The appellant, Mark A. Kauffmann, argues that the circuit court erred by not determining that he was the prevailing party and by not awarding him one-hundred percent of his attorney’s fees. We conclude, however, that the circuit court properly exercised its ...
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