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Fourth Circuit Holds That Absent a “Separate Document” Setting Out an Order as a Judgment Under Fed. R. Civ. P 58(a), Deadline for Attorney’s Fee Never Triggered

In CX Reinsurance Co. Ltd. v. Johnson, No. 19-1516 (4th Cir. Oct. 14, 2020), a confused timeline made it unclear whether defendant filed his attorney’s fee petition on time under the local rules. But because the district court failed to set out the judgment in a “separate document” under Fed. R. Civ. P 58(a), theContinue reading “Fourth Circuit Holds That Absent a “Separate Document” Setting Out an Order as a Judgment Under Fed. R. Civ. P 58(a), Deadline for Attorney’s Fee Never Triggered”