The Seventh Circuit Clarifies The Role Rejection Of Settlement Offers Plays In Determining Attorney Fee Awards

Lucas Kowalczyk | Proskauer Rose The Seventh Circuit recently clarified an important distinction between offers of judgment under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 68 and non-Rule 68 offers of settlement, and explained the role rejection of such offers plays in reducing statutory attorney fee awards. Rule 68 was created to encourage settlements. It limits the… Continue reading The Seventh Circuit Clarifies The Role Rejection Of Settlement Offers Plays In Determining Attorney Fee Awards

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