(September 12, 2024, 10:06 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Opposing a certiorari petition that is supported by two amicus curiae briefs, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) told the U.S. Supreme Court that denial of an Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) request for attorney fees and nontaxable costs in an unsuccessful challenge to an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) deal is a “factbound determination” that “is correct and does not conflict with any decision of this Court or of any other court of appeals.”...