9th Circuit: Interest Accrues After Definite, Certain Designation Of Fees

( April 17, 2026, 11:03 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s holding that postjudgment interest on attorney fees accrued after the award of attorney fees rather than the date a settlement was reached, holding that “a definite and certain designation of the amount” owed is required before postjudgment interest begins to accrue....