28 USC § 4105 - Attorneys’ fees

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title: "28 USC § 4105 - Attorneys’ fees"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "4105"
section_name: "Attorneys’ fees"
chapter_number: 181
chapter_name: "FOREIGN JUDGMENTS"
part_number: "VI"
part_name: "PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 111–223, § 3(a), Aug. 10, 2010, 124 Stat. 2383.)"
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# § 4105. Attorneys’ fees

In any action brought in a domestic court to enforce a foreign judgment for defamation, including any such action removed from State court to Federal court, the domestic court shall, absent exceptional circumstances, allow the party opposing recognition or enforcement of the judgment a reasonable attorney’s fee if such party prevails in the action on a ground specified in section 4102(a), (b), or (c).

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 111–223, § 3(a), Aug. 10, 2010, 124 Stat. 2383.)