Federal Judge Reduces Attorney Fees in Title IX Case

A federal judge in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has reduced an award of fees and other costs to attorneys that successfully represented female student-athletes in their Title IX lawsuit against West Chester University.   While acknowledging the “complete victory” that was secured by attorneys at the Philadelphia law firm of Hangley, Aronchick, Segal and Pudlin and the Washington, D.C.-based Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, the court weighed the fact that the attorneys “became