Cognizant Seeks $18 Million From IT Firm Atos in Attorneys’ Fees

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. and its subsidiary asked a New York federal judge to award it an additional $17.8 million in attorney’s fees in a decade-long trade secret and copyright dispute with two units of the French IT and security firm Atos SE over health insurance software.

Legal fees accumulated for Cognizant and The TriZetto Group Inc. starting in January 2023 as the IT giant dealt with “persistent and now-failed efforts” by Syntel LLC and its affiliate to escape a $854.6 million verdict, according to a memorandum filed Thursday along with a motion in the US District Court for the ...