Season 2 Episode 1 “SCOTUS Takes on Excessive Fee Suit”

Season 2, Episode 1 – SCOTUS Takes on Excessive Fee Suit

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
• Summary of oral arguments
• Transcript of oral arguments
• Hughes v. Northwestern University et al., case number 19-1401, in the Supreme Court of the United States
• SCOTUS Ponders Excessive Fee Case