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In The News: California Judicial Council Releases Court Statistics For 2015-16 Through 2024-25, As Well As For 2024-2025
The Reports Shows Statistics For CA Supreme Court Review Grants, DCA Publication Rates, DCA Disposition Rates, and Superior Court Disposition Rates. On the California Supreme Court website under “Judicial Council,” one can find the Judicial Council of California’s court statistics report for 2015-16 through 2024-25, which has a wealth of information. One may consult…
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Class Actions, Lodestar, Reasonableness Of Fees: $2.274 Million Fee Award To Class Counsel, Where The Case Settled For $575,000, Was No Abuse Of Discretion
Plaintiffs Had Asked For About $7.465 Million Inclusive Of A 2.0 Positive Multiplier, With The Appellate Court Rebuffing That Any Further Reduction Was Justified. Defendant reached a settlement with plaintiffs in a class action case in Davis v. AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Case No. B348322 (2d Dist., Div. 4 June 1, 2026) (unpublished) for $575,000, although…
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Discovery: Discovery Sanctions Against Employee, With Respect To Two Sets Of Third-Party Subpoenas, Are Affirmed On Appeal
$12,500 Was The Sanctions Tab Against A Third-Party Law Firm; $11,517.50 Was The Sanctions Award Against Another Third Party. We have related sanctions awards to third parties for subpoenas issued by an employee in both Crider v. Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Case No. B342274 (2d Dist., Div. 8 May 29, 2026) (unpublished) and Crider…
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Section 1717: $89,950 Postjudgment Fee Award Under Civil Code Section 1717 Is Affirmed On Appeal
Nothing Showed The Jury Earlier Had Awarded Fees As Damages, With The Prevailing Party’s Section 1717 Fee Request Being Incident To Prevailing Party’s Principal Cause Of Action. In 2540 Main Street Plaza, LLC v. Jiu-Jitsu Corp., Case No. G065859 (4th Dist., Div. 3 May 27, 2026) (unpublished), landlord prevailed against tenants in a commercial lease…
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Family Law: Disparity In Financial Conditions Justified An Award Of Family Code Section 2030 Fees To Ex-Husband Of $371,438.55
Ex-Wife Paid Nearly Double The Amount Of Fees To Her Attorney And She Would Get Trust Loans To Pay Ex-Husband, Justifying The Family Court Award. In the area of Family Code section 2030, the end goal is to level the “playing field” for family court litigants. The next case, Marriage of Khym & Miner, Case…
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Employment, Lodestar, Multipliers: Reduced $733,440 Fee Award In PAGA/Labor Violations Case, From Requested $1.047 Million Lodestar, Was Sustained On Appeal
Non-Complexity Of Issues, Lack Of Success From Stated Goals, And Upward Adjustment Of Past Hourly Rates To Future Periods Of The Litigation Justified The .07 (Negative) Multiplier And No Award Of A Positive Multiplier. Taduran v. James R. Glidewell, Dental Ceramics, Inc., Case No. G064718 (4th Dist., Div. 3 May 26, 2026) (unpublished) is a…
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In The News, Sanctions: Prominent L.A. Firm Sanctioned Almost $3 Million For Not Being Candid With A District Judge Or Opponent On Expert Discovery Issues
Some Of The Sanctions Were Apportioned Separately Against Supervising Partners And Mid-Level Associates, With Some Of The Attorneys Having To Submit To Ethical Curriculum Requirements—In A Word, Partners, Prudently Supervise Your Associates! Although we do not want to mention names (because it out there in the public media anyway), District Judge Chen of the Northern…
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Appeal Sanctions: 2/6 DCA Awards $12,590.20 To Respondent And $8,500 To Court Clerk For Prosecuting A Frivolous Appeal
Appeal Of $72,476.87 Sanctions Award Against Ex-Husband Deemed Frivolous. Just to give you a sense of the dollar amounts of appellate sanctions imposed in one Division of the Second District, the Ventura Court of Appeal, in Marriage of Walther, Case No. B340131 (2d Dist., Div. 6 May 20, 2026) (unpublished), found ex-husband’s appeal of a…
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SLAPP: Landlord, Successfully Defending Against A SLAPP Motion Against Tenants, Was Not Entitled To SLAPP Fees Awarded By The Lower Court
Reason Was That The Grant Of Fees/Costs Was Summarily Made, Not Meeting Specificity Requirements Under CCP § 128.5. Although we have not looked at the underlying papers in this matter, we can say that Lichtenstein v. Stalley, Case No. B347325 (2d Dist., Div. 5 May 19, 2026) (unpublished) reminds that a plaintiff defeating a SLAPP…
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Family Law: Litigant Failing To Show She Was A Putative Domestic Partner Was Not Entitled To Attorney’s Fees Award
Marriage of Aviles Opinion Supported The Result. Marriage of Chevallier & Rodriguez, Case No. H052644 et al. (6th Dist. May 15, 2026) (unpublished) determined a litigant, who together with her boyfriend did not file Declarations of Domestic Partnership with California’s Secretary of State, was properly denied an attorney’s fees award by the lower court because…