Florida's First Loss Was From The Teachers. The Second Was From The Attorney's Fees
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from Above the Law5 months ago
Attorneys for Florida in a court filing on Tuesday said they intend to ask the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to weigh the appropriateness and the size of the $372,000 award that was granted last week.
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The reason for such a high price tag? Plaintiffs hired Debevoise & Plimpton to litigate their case. And even though the price was discounted, billing $450 an hour for about 1400 hours adds up to a larger tab than Florida was expecting.
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Florida is challenging a judge's ruling that the state must cover legal fees for University of Florida professors who sued the state, giving a U.S. appeals court a new chance to assess how courts should determine when losing adversaries must pay for their opponents' lawyers.
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