Federal Judge Awards $1.1 Million in Legal Fees in North Carolina False Ad Dispute

A North Carolina federal judge has approved $1.1 million in legal fees for attorneys from McCarter & English LLP and Womble Bond Dickinson, who effectively represented a supplier of swimming pool salt systems in a false advertisement dispute against a competing company. This decision was based on the judge’s determination that the case qualified as exceptional due to the opposing company’s unreasonable actions. For further details, click here.