5th Circuit Affirms Attorney Fee Award But Cuts Amount Calculated Without Lodestar

(August 20, 2024, 2:15 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel affirmed the decision to award attorney fees for assertion of “frivolous” claims but reduced the total from $110,261.16 to $98,666.50 because part of the calculation was improper as “[o]ur precedent does not permit the district court to bypass the lodestar in that way.”...