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By Stephen J. Shapiro Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54(d)(2), a prevailing party that has a contractual or statutory right to recover attorney’s fees may request those fees by filing a motion within 14 days of entry of the judgment, “unless the substantive law requires those fees to be proved […]

By Stephen J. Shapiro In 2008, hackers compromised the network of Heartland Payment Systems, a company that processes credit card transactions, and obtained access to the personal data of millions of credit card holders. Not surprisingly, the incident led to a slew of litigation, including a lawsuit filed in federal court […]