Court Weighs Factors in Revisiting Fee Award in Title IX Case

A federal judge has denied a bid made by the attorneys of several student-athletes, who were victorious in a Title IX lawsuit, to reconsider his ruling regarding attorney fees.   In siding with the defendant, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, the court rejected the plaintiffs’ assertions that it “committed a clear error of law when [the court] considered the defendants’ financial circumstances in determining the proper amount of counsel fees to be awarded. We also reject the as