In their first episode of 2022, Nevin & Fred look at a new Supreme Court ruling likely to make it harder—perhaps much harder—to dismiss excessive fee lawsuits, the U.S. Supreme Court has remanded for further consideration a lower court decision that the law firm of Schlichter Bogard & Denton had argued had a “chilling effect” on excessive fee litigation.

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Episode Resources

SCOTUS Gives Excessive Fee Suit Plaintiffs Another Shot: https://www.napa-net.org/news-info/daily-news/scotus-gives-excessive-fee-suit-plaintiffs-another-shot

Hughes v. Northwestern University et al., case number 19-1401, in the Supreme Court of the United States: https://www.napa-net.org/sites/napa-net.org/files/19-1401_m6io.pdf

SCOTUS Ponders Excessive Fee Case: https://www.napa-net.org/news-info/daily-news/scotus-ponders-excessive-fee-case

Summary of oral arguments: https://www.napa-net.org/sites/napa-net.org/files/scotus%20arguments%20summary.pdf

Transcript of oral arguments: https://www.napa-net.org/sites/napa-net.org/files/SCOTUS%20arguments.pdf