This session will cover:
• Issues in recently decided Supreme Court attorney’s fees cases (standards controlling awards to prevailing defendants; fees for modest injunctive relief without money damages; costs recoverable by prevailing defendants; timeliness of notice of appeal; adjustments to the lodestar; pre-judgement interest on attorney’s fees)
• Ethical issues in §1983 cases (including Rule 68 issues, conflicts of interest, frivolous claims)