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Juries, not judges, decide attorneys’ fees. Eek(!) or hooray(!): It depends.

Prior to last week, deciding whether (and how much) to award for attorneys’ fees in a lawsuit was determined by a judge, not a jury.  That is no longer the case in Minnesota.  The Minnesota Supreme Court in United Prairie Bank-Mountain Lake v. Haugen Nutrition & Equip., LLC held that juries will, in many cases, determine how much [...]