12 CFR 625.4
§ 625.4 Standards for awards.
United States · 12 CFR — Banks and Banking · Status: effective
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- 12 CFR 625.4, § 625.4 Standards for awards, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/48148
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(a) If an eligible applicant prevails over the FCA in an adversary adjudication, or in a significant and discrete substantive portion thereof, the applicant may receive an award for fees and expenses incurred in the adjudication, or portion thereof, unless the position of the FCA over which the applicant prevailed was substantially justified.
(b) The position of the FCA includes:
(1) The position taken by the FCA in the adversary adjudication; and
(2) The action or inaction of the FCA upon which the adversary adjudication is based.
(c) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this section, the FCA must prove that its position was substantially justified before an award may be denied to an otherwise eligible applicant.
(d) An award will be reduced or denied if the applicant has unduly or unreasonably protracted the adversary adjudication or if special circumstances make the award sought unjust.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.