Litigation Costs to Prevailing Party

On September 13, 2011, Peter Vaira published an article in the Legal Intelligencer, Litigation Costs to the Winning Party.  The article discusses the costs that the Clerk of Court may award to the prevailing party pursuant to Local Civil Rule 54.1.  Vaira discussed the recent case of Aspartame Antitrust Litigation, 06-cv-1732 in which the Clerk awarded costs of $576,058 to the defendants in a class action suit.  For a copy of the article with the complete citations contact p.vaira@vairariley.com .  The costs in Aspartame have been appealed to the district court.  The blog will report the court’s decision.