The Illinois General Assembly created the Consumer Contract Reciprocal Attorney’s Fees Act. If a consumer contract allows for recovery of attorney fees when a commercial party brings an action to enforce the contract, the defendant may be awarded reasonable attorney fees if they prevail.
On Aug. 25, 2023, the Sixth District of the Illinois Appellate Court held that awards of statutory attorney fees against a state agency are not barred by sovereign immunity when the fees are ancillary to the injunctive relief.
On Feb. 1, 2023, the Third District of the Illinois Appellate Court held that under the Sexually Dangerous Person’s Act (Act), attorney fees incurred from representation of a sexually dangerous person by court appointment are paid by the county where the proceeding was brought.
On Aug. 4, the Second District of the Illinois Appellate Court held that a former spouse could not recover attorney fees after successfully defending against an alleged violation of a marriage dissolution judgment.
On Aug. 20, 2020, the First District of the Illinois Appellate Court held that court-awarded attorney fees during the pendency of marriage-dissolution proceedings are interim and not subject to immediate appeal.
On June 25, 2020, the First District of the Illinois Appellate Court reversed and remanded an order by the trial court to dismiss a law firm’s claim to recover “enhanced fees.”
A court is authorized to impose sanctions in the form of attorney fees under Rule 137(a) against a plaintiff to compensate an attorney defending himself against a frivolous cause of action.
The ISBA continues to support the longstanding ban on fee sharing with nonlawyers; meanwhile, the ARDC and the Chicago Bar Foundation have revised their arguments for lifting it.
On Sept. 14, 2018, the Third District Appellate Court of Illinois held that a plaintiff, who is not an attorney, cannot, under any circumstances, receive compensation for any legal services under Illinois law.
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The Illinois Supreme Court addressed inconsistencies in awarding contributions toward attorney fees by pointing out that case precedent and the statutory language of 750 ILCS 5/508 complement one another.
