September 30, 2015
A Texas federal judge on Tuesday said Allcare Health Management Systems Inc. can't appeal an award of nearly $4.7 million in attorneys' fees to Highmark Inc. in a long-running declaratory judgment fight, saying Allcare failed to provide a valid explanation as to why it didn't file an appeal on time.
June 23, 2015
A Texas federal judge on Tuesday upheld an award of nearly $4.7 million in attorneys' fees to Highmark Inc. in its long-running declaratory judgment fight against Allcare Health Management Systems Inc., finding that Allcare's unsuccessful case over an information management system patent remained "exceptional" in light of the new standard set out by the U.S. Supreme Court in the Octane Fitness case.
August 13, 2010
A federal judge has vacated $35,000 in sanctions against law firms including Sidley Austin LLP and McKool Smith PC for bad behavior in an action Highmark Inc. brought against AllCare Health Systems Inc. seeking $5.5 million in attorneys' fees for its allegedly baseless assertion of an information management system patent.
June 11, 2010
Allcare Health Systems Inc. is fighting McKool Smith LLP's attempt to withdraw as counsel in a declaratory judgment suit brought by Highmark Inc., which is seeking $5.5 million in attorneys' fees from the defendant for its allegedly baseless assertion of an information management system patent.