( August 24, 2026, 7:50 AM EDT) -- DETROIT — Denying a request for $22,050 in attorney fees and costs in an Employee Retirement Income Security Act suit over termination of long-term disability (LTD) benefits, a Michigan federal judge assessed the factors outlined in Sec'y of Dep't of Labor v. King and concluded “that an award of attorney fees would not be reasonable”; that decision applied to both what the judge said was the claimant’s untimely application for appellate fees and her timely application for fees on remand....