attorney fees

May 13, 2026

Commentary: Final means final: Rule 74.16 and the end of attorney-fee finality confusion

Nearly four years after the adoption of Supreme Court Rule 74.16, courts are still dismissing appeals because parties continue to apply the old framework. Here's a look at the confusion the rule has created.

Apr 24, 2026

8th Circuit affirms fees, orders lower interest rate in Jet Midwest case

The 8th Circuit affirms attorney fees but vacates expert fees and lowers interest rate in Jet Midwest contract dispute over aircraft loan.

Apr 7, 2026

Western District reverses part of ruling, remands workers comp case

The court partially remands a workers compensation case, ruling that a worker must be reimbursed for medical expenses after employer denied care.

Jun 9, 2025

Attorneys in NCAA antitrust case to share $475M in fees, with potential to reach $725M

The attorneys who shepherded the blockbuster antitrust lawsuit to fruition for hundreds of thousands of college athletes will share in just over $475 million in fees, and the figure could rise to more than $725 million over the next 10 years.

Nov 17, 2022

Attorney fees linger after last shareholder lawsuit

Though a dispute between former company directors and the companies that spun off from them ended in 2017, the U.S. District Court of Missouri Eastern District ordered the company of one of the former directors to pay $78,000 in attorney fees on Nov. 7.

Jul 28, 2022

Company misses attorney fee deadline after all, says Southern District

A company’s attorney fees award from the Missouri Mining Commission (MMC) was reversed in the Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District. The court remanded the case with directions to deny the company’s fee application.

Feb 12, 2020

Civil Practice: Sunshine Law Request-Discovery-Attorney Fees

Where appellant, who had submitted a Sunshine Law request to a city for documents connected with allegations of criminal conduct by a police officer, challenged the denial of his request […]

Oct 9, 2018

Contracts: Real Estate – Membership Purchase Agreement – Attorney Fees

Where buyers in a real estate transaction involving the purchase of land and a business challenged the denial of relief on their action for injunctive relief, quiet title and restitution, […]

Dec 28, 2017

Civil Practice : Summary Judgment – Attorney Fees – Common Nucleus

St. Louis Effort for AIDS, et al. v. Lindley-Myers, et al. (MLW No. 71261/Case No. 16-3647-7 pages) (Benton, J.)

Jan 30, 2015

‘Overlawyered’: Judge awards 8 percent of fees requested in jail rape case

A federal judge in St. Louis used phrases including “somewhat appalling” and “grossly excessive” when she took a hatchet to plaintiff attorneys’ fee requests in a case over a Macon County jail rape.

Apr 29, 2014

Octane Fitness prevails in U.S. Supreme Court fee-shifting case

The standard for awarding attorneys’ fees for prevailing defendants in patent cases is “unduly rigid,” the U.S. Supreme Court found in a decision announced Tuesday that involved a manufacturer represented by a team of Missouri attorneys.

Jan 21, 2014

U.S. Supreme Court resolves uncertainty over when notice of appeal must be filed

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to adopt a standard for filing a notice of appeal that would vary depending on whether attorney fees are awarded pursuant to a statute or a contract.