Turning the Tables on Plaintiffs: Recovering Attorneys’ Fees as a Prevailing Defendant

2025-07-21T14:41:14-06:00By |Categories: Litigation, Municipal Law|Tags: , |

If someone files suit against me and I win, can I force the other side to reimburse my legal fees? Traditionally, the answer has been no – American courts follow the “American Rule,” under which each litigant generally pays his [...]

Think Before You Remove: Waiver of Exhaustion Argument in Regulatory Takings

2025-07-21T14:39:54-06:00By |Categories: Municipal Law, Sixth Circuit|Tags: , , , |

The Sixth Circuit issued an opinion late last week that should give a municipality pause before it removes a regulatory takings case to federal court. Siding with the Second and Fourth Circuits, the Court held that by removing a regulatory takings [...]

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