there is no language in § 303(i)(l) limiting “a reasonable attorney’s fee” to those fees incurred only in initially obtaining the dismissal by the bankruptcy court. Absent any express limiting language in § 303(f)(1), we decline to construe § 303(f)(1) as precluding appellate fees and limiting fee awards to only those incurred before the date of the dismissal in the bankruptcy court. Section 303(i)(l) compensates debtors who obtain a dismissal and successfully defend against involuntary bankruptcy litigation, which may or may not end at the trial level. We find further support for our conclusion in the distinction between fee-shifting and sanctions provisions. See Bus. Guides, Inc. v. Chromatic Comm’s Enters., Inc., 498 U.S. 533, 553, 111 S.Ct. 922, 934, 112 L.Ed.2d 1140 (1991) (<HOLDING>). By contrast, it appears that § 303(i)(1) is a
holding that the purpose of rule 15 was not frustrated by the district courts denial of leave to amend because the intent of the rule is to assist the disposition of litigation on the merits of the case rather than have pleadings become ends in themselves holding that directing a tort at texas does not establish specific personal jurisdiction because it focus on relationship between plaintiff forum and litigation rather than defendant forum and litigation holding that federal rule of civil procedure 11 was not a feeshifting provision because rule 11 sanctions 1 were not tied to the outcome of the litigation instead turning on whether a specific filing was well founded and 2 shifted the costs of a discrete portion of the litigation rather than the litigation as a whole holding that a motion for rule 11 sanctions is dispositive holding that letters addressing dispute that was subject of litigation and that were written in anticipation of litigation did not fall under business record exception under rule 8036 of the federal rules of evidence and noting that it is wellestablished that one who prepares a document in anticipation of litigation is not acting in the regular course of business