Dallas’ Fifth Court of Appeals recently affirmed an arbitration decision that awarded $3 million in attorney fees to Jenner & Block after the Chicago-based firm terminated its representation of a patent client on a contingency fee contract case and demanded that its hourly rates be paid.

The background to the dispute, according to the Fifth Court’s ruling in Parallel Networks v. Jenner & Block, is as follows, according to the court’s decision.

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