Litigation & Arbitration,
Antitrust & Trade Reg.,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Jul. 16, 2025
9th Circuit weighs whether boutique deserves 'big law' rates in price-fixing case
A four-lawyer firm told the 9th Circuit it deserved rates comparable to large defense firms after a $680,000 jury verdict in an antitrust case, but the trial judge disagreed.
A partner at a San Francisco boutique told a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel Tuesday that his attorney fee award was unfairly reduced because his firm and clients are smaller than those of large firms.
U.S. District Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald of Los Angeles awarded Gaw Poe LLP $3.1 million in attorney fees after it won a Robinson-Patman Act lawsuit by convenience store wholesalers who successfully sued Prestige Consumer Healthcare Inc. for charging them more for eye dro...
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