Judge Awards Trade Secret Dispute Defendants Over $64,000 In Attorney Fees

Mealey's (October 20, 2020, 2:14 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — Applying the 25 percent factor that he previously determined to “represent the scope of the fee award” defendants in a trade secret misappropriation lawsuit are entitled to recover, a federal judge in Louisiana on Oct. 15 awarded the defendants $64,070.95 in attorney fees, ruling that the amount awarded is adequate after adding several reductions to the lodestar amount the defendants had previously sought (Source Production & Equipment Co. Inc., et al. v. Kevin J. Schehr, et al., No. 16-17528, E.D. La., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 191606)....