this "American rule," the prevailing lit- igant is not entitled to collect attorneys' fees from the Thecourts, recognizing the difficulty in collecting fees from each individual of a particular class abovelim- itations [on maximum hourly fee rates] the computation of attorney fees should be...
Court of Appeals regarding the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA). EAJA mandates that aside from the U.S. fees, a court should award the winning party in civil cases. Stephens contended that the rule seemed ambiguous due to its "prevailing party" line that elicits various meanings. More...
Examples of Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) Enforcement One common violation of the ECOA is charging higher rates or fees to Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) applicants. In July 2012, the Department of Justice (DOJ) reached a settlement of more than $175 million with Wells...
Under the" American rule" generally applied by federal courts in the United States, the winners as well as the losers in litigation have to pay their own attorneys' fees. 1 The Equal Access to Justice Act, 2 which took effect for a three-year test period starting October 1Robertson, ...
Sisk, G.C. 1994. The Essentials of the Equal Access to Justice Act: Court Awards of Attorney's Fees for Unreasonable Government Conduct (Part One). Louisiana Law Review 55(2):217-360. Available at: http://digitalcommons.law.lsu.edu/lalrev/vol55/iss2/1....
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alleging Equal Pay Act (EPA) violations. The company discharged her after she delivered confidential, proprietary documents to her lawyers that violate the company's right of privacy. It highlights the importance of Title VII in the proceeding. Factors to be considered in the investigation for ...
In a series of previous articles in the Quarterly Report, 3 one of your authors has discussed numerous theories advanced by the plaintiff's bar in consumer finance class actions. These cases have typically involved auto finance transactions where both creditors and theirJL Ropiequet...
Page 1. A SUBSTANTIAL PARADOX: ATTORNEY'S FEES UNDER THE EQUAL ACCESS TOJUSTICE ACT IN SOCIAL SECURITY APPEALS ATTORNEY'S FEES can only be paid when thegovernment is a party to the agency pro- ceedings, and takes an adversary stance.James R. Cromwell...
of section 2412(d) is more difficultto satisfy than section 2412(b), since the government can escape subsection (d See Note, Willthe Sun Rise Again for the Equal Access to Justice Act?, 48 BROOKLYN L. REV.Mark J. FrenzWm.mitchell L.rev...