Author name: Marc Alexander

Discovery/Special Fee Shifting Statute/Trade Secrets: Losing Plaintiffs In Patent/Trade Secret Dispute Hit With $12.46 Million For Attorney’s Fees And Electronic Discovery Expenses

Cases: Discovery, Cases: Special Fee Shifting Statutes, Cases: Trade Secrets

  Only $1 Million Reduction From Fees Requested.      Patent/trade secrets are usually vigorously and heavily litigated, and the losers can get hit with substantial fees/expenses as Gabriel Techs., Corp. v. Qualcomm, Inc., Case No. 08CV1992 AJB (MDD), 2013 WL 410103 (S.D.Cal. Feb. 1, 2013) demonstrates.      There, plaintiffs lost a patent infringement/trade secrets case. […]

Appealability/Fee Clause Interpretation/Lodestar/Reasonableness Of Fees/SLAPP: Appellate Trifecta On Fee Issues

Cases: Appealability, Cases: Fee Clause Interpretation, Cases: Lodestar, Cases: Reasonableness of Fees, Cases: SLAPP

  Marathon Funding, LLC v. Paramount Pictures, Case No. B240723 (2d Dist., Div. 8 Mar. 4, 2013) (Unpublished).      In this first one, defendant won more than $690,548.90 in posttrial attorney’s fees under an investment agreement providing fees to the winner “in any action, suit, or other proceeding [that] is instituted concerning or arising out

Employment: Reversal Of Fortune–Employees Winning $346,947 In Attorney’s Fees Under Catalyst Unpaid Wages Case Found To Have Not Prevailed, Meaning Employers Get To Fix Fees Against Previously Winning Employees

Cases: Employment, Cases: POOF!

  Employers Sought Over $2.2 Million in Costs And Fees, Previously Denied But Get a Second Chance Against Losing Employees.      Zalewa v. Tempo Research Corp., Case No. B238142 (2d Dist., Div. 2 Mar. 1, 2013) (unpublished) is a wild “reversal of fortune” case on appeal.      This was a remand from a previous appeal

Appealability/Appellate Costs: $1,037.25 Costs For Court Reporter Fees In Designating Appellate Reporter’s Transcript Properly Awarded By Lower Court

Cases: Appealability, Cases: Costs

  Appellate Panel Faces Many Costs Issues, Siding With Krikorian That Order Denying Motion to Tax Appellate Costs Is Appealable.      Although dealing with the propriety of a lower court order awarding respondents $1,037.25 in appellate costs for court reporter fees in preparing a reporter’s transcript, the appellate court affirmed in Williams v. Safire, Case

Appealability/Arbitration/Deadlines/Employment/Indemnity: Attorney’s Fees Powerball — Lots Of Unpublished Decisions On Numerous Issues

Cases: Appealability, Cases: Arbitration, Cases: Deadlines, Cases: Employment, Cases: Indemnity

  Bolgar v. Glen Donald Apartments, Inc., Case No. B241636 (2d Dist., Div. 1 Feb. 26, 2013) (Unpublished).      Although challenging a $71,934.65 fee award as an abuse of discretion, appellant did not go very far based on an inadequate record. None of the fee motion papers were included on appeal, so that the appellate

Discovery: RAND Discovery Shows eDiscovery Is Expensive And ABA Journal Article Offers Tips To Reduce eDiscovery Costs For Legal Departments

Cases: Discovery

       A February 19, 2013 post on the on-line version of the ABA Journal has some interesting tidbits and suggestions in the eDiscovery area.      In line with results from a Compliance, Governance and Oversight Counsel (CGOC) survey, the average legal department spends approximately $3 million per discovery to gather and prepare information for

Family Law: $45,000 271 Sanctions Affirmed On Appeal

Cases: Family Law

  $30,000 of the Award Was For Fees.      Acting Presiding Justice Fybel, on behalf of a 3-0 panel in Marriage of Golka, Case No. G045882 (4th Dist., Div. 3 Feb. 21, 2013) (unpublished), sustained a $45,000 sanctions award under Family Code section 271 against ex-husband. ($15,000 went to an accountant, and $30,000 went to

Costs/Landlord-Tenant/Prevailing Party: Tenants In Dismissed Rescission Action Did Win Routine Costs, But Correctly Denied Attorney’s Fees

Cases: Costs, Cases: Landlord/Tenant, Cases: Prevailing Party

       Ron Sheng, Inc. v. Li, Case No. B239682 (2d Dist., Div. 7 Feb. 19, 2013) (unpublished) is a wild landlord-tenant dispute where landlord settled with tenants and tenants won a $200,760 fee award pursuant to an arbitration which was eventually sustained on appeal. However, landlord brought a rescission action claiming that the settlement

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