Lenny Dykstra’s Legal Bills.
Lenny “Nails” Dykstra filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in California last Tuesday, July 7, listing some pretty substantial fees owing to several law firms.
The bankruptcy filings show he owes K&L Gates about $1.5 million in fees and owes a little over $342,000 to O’Melveny & Myers. (Mr. Dykstra told ESPN.com that he had already paid K&L Gates around $4 million in fees.)
If you want more details on this bankruptcy filing, see Brian Baxter’s July 8, 2009 post, “The Bankruptcy Files: Up First, Lenny Dykstra’s Legal Bills,” at amlawdaily.com.
Nail. Theodor Horydczak, photographer. Library of Congress.
Civil Rights Claim Against Squaw Valley.
San Diego attorney Alfred G. Rava has written a letter to Northern California’s Squaw Valley demanding that Squaw Valley discontinue discounts offered to furloughed state employees (those employees who have to take certain days off each month without pay because of the state budgetary crisis), pay each of his clients $4,049, and reimburse them $2,400 in attorney’s fees. Mr. Rava claims that the discounts violate state civil rights laws that carry fee-shifting provisions in favor of prevailing plaintiffs.
Because many other business establishments throughout California have offered similar discounts, State Sen. Gloria Negrete McLeod (D-Chino) has authored a bill to legalize the discounts. The bill has been quickly endorsed by the Consumer Attorneys of California, a leading trial attorney trade group.
For more on this one, see Patrick McGreevy’s July 8, 2009 article, “Lawyer targets resort that gave discounts to furloughed state workers,” available for reading at latimes.com.
Squaw Valley. Dorothea Lange, photographer. 1939. Library of Congress.