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| | 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB1447 Introduced , by Rep. André M. Thapedi SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that, when entering judgment for reasonable attorney's fees in any case arising under the Act in which the prevailing party is permitted to recover reasonable
attorney's fees, the court shall use the Laffey Matrix prepared by the Civil Division of the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia and adjusted using the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the Washington-Baltimore area. Excludes cases in which the hourly rate for attorney's fees is limited by statute.
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| | HB1447 | | LRB098 08595 HEP 38712 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning civil law.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business |
| 5 | | Practices Act is amended by adding Section 10e as follows:
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| 6 | | (815 ILCS 505/10e new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 10e. Attorney's fees; Laffey Matrix. |
| 8 | | (a) When entering judgment for reasonable attorney's fees |
| 9 | | in any case arising under this Act in which the prevailing |
| 10 | | party is permitted to recover reasonable
attorney's fees, the |
| 11 | | court shall use the Laffey Matrix prepared by the Civil |
| 12 | | Division of the United States Attorney's Office for the |
| 13 | | District of Columbia and adjusted using the Consumer Price |
| 14 | | Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the |
| 15 | | Washington-Baltimore area.
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