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Look before you sue.

By Marks & Katz, LLC

Although most of my time is spent on criminal defense, my strong civil libertarian bent has led me to do in-depth civil litigation over the years, as well, particularly defending free expression rights of political activists, adult entertainment industry members, and libel defendants.   My first experience with civil litigation was in the late 1980's with my first law firm, which represented financial institutions and transportation companies. There, my legal research often found opinions about the American rule that each private party must bear its own attorney fees, and that the attorney fees sometimes are available from the government under civil rights laws and the Equal Access to Justice Act.   In the area of civil rights litigation, some statutory schemes make prevailing plaintiffs eligible to obtain an award of attorney fees from the defense...continue to full post

Full post as published by Underdog on May 19, 2009 (boomark / email).