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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Menendez partially grants the trucking company's motion for attorney fees and costs in its breach-of-contract suit against a logistics broker alleging failures to pay for hauling services. While the motion was filed after a deadline, it is not denied as untimely since the delay was minimal, did not prejudice the broker, and does not appear to have been a result of bad faith. Additionally, unlawful covenants in a non-competition agreement the broker sought to enforce in its defense are not ancillary to the party's other agreement, and therefore do not entitle the trucking company to fees under a Texas law's fee-shifting provision. The trucking company is entitled to just over $72,000 in pre-judgment interest and some amount of post-judgment interest, to be determined by agreement of the parties if possible.