Author name: Marc Alexander

In The News/Substantiation of Fees . . . . D.C. Federal District Judge Wants To Review Defense Billings For Purposes Of Gauging Reasonableness Of Plaintiffs’ Counsel’s Fee Requests In Handgun Ban Case

Cases: Substantiation of Reasonableness of Fees, In The News

  Plaintiff’s Attorneys Urged Using Updated Laffey Matrix on Hourly Rate Determination.      Plaintiffs in Heller v. District of Columbia, Case No. 03-CV-1213-EGS (D.D.C.) have requested an award of attorney’s fees totaling $3.13 million in the handgun ban case   brought on behalf of Dick Heller and a group of D.C. residents. The request is […]

Continuing Legal Education: NALFA Will Host Its 2011 Attorney Fees Conference At Southwestern Law School On June 16, 2011

CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION

Co-contributors Marc and Mike Will Be There.      The National Association of Legal Fee Analysis (NALFA), an organization specializing in attorney’s fees and legal billing with a national practice group of attorney’s fees experts, will be hosting its 2011 “The Attorney Fees Conference” at Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles on June 16, 2011. It

Appealability/Deadlines: Once Notice Of Entry Of Underlying Judgment Is Served By Other Than Personal Delivery, What Is The Deadline To File An Attorney’s Fees Motion?

Cases: Appealability, Cases: Deadlines

Stay Tuned if You Want to Know the Answer.      So, you have been served with a notice of entry of judgment in which no new trial motion or JNOV motion is filed (after having prevailed) by either the clerk or another party, what is the time for filing a motion for attorney’s fees (which

Retainer Agreements: 40% Contingency Fee Agreement Found Enforceable When Departing Associate Waived Any Right To Any Of Fees Charged By Discharged Firm For Prior Work

Cases: Retainer Agreements

Pegging 40% Agreement As Quantum Meruit Recovery Was No Abuse.      A client in Anwyl, Scoffield, & Stepp v. Blackhurst, Case No. C059899 (3d Dist. Mar. 25, 2011) (unpublished) was not happy with the affirmance of a decision in which she was held liable to pay plaintiff law firm under a 40% contingency fee agreement

Homeowner Associations: Attorney’s Fees Clauses In Unrecorded CC&R Enforcement Committee Manuals Did Not Create Enforceable Fee Clauses In The Absence Of Amending The CC&Rs

Cases: Estoppel, Cases: Homeowner Associations

Third District Issues Important Decision in the CC&R Enforcement Area.      The Third District in Ferwerda v. Bordon, Case No. C062389 (3d Dist. Mar. 25, 2011) (certified for partial publication on the fee issue) has decided an important case with respect to enforcing attorney’s fees clauses contained in unrecorded CC&R enforcement documents and manuals. In

Appealability/Costs/Prevailing Party: Fourth District, Division 2 Faces Wild Decision With A Wide Variety of Appeability, Costs, and Fee Issues

Cases: Costs, Cases: Prevailing Party

  Published Part of Decision Holds That Order Taxing Costs Allowable After An Appeal Awards Costs Is Itself an Appealable Order.      Krikorian Premier Theatres, LLC v. Westminster Central, LLC, Case Nos. E047523/E049537 (4th Dist., Div. 2 Mar. 24, 2011) (certified for partial publication) is a wild decision in that a prior appellate reversal completely

Costs: Peace Officer Subpoena Reimbursement To Public Entity Payable By Subpoenaing Litigant And Litigant’s Attorney

Cases: Costs

  Fourth District, Division 3 Decides Either Litigant or Attorney Is Responsible for Reimbursement.      Government Code section 68097.2(b) provides that when a peace officer is subpoenaed to testify, “the party at whose request the subpoena is issued shall reimburse the public entity for the full cost to the public entity incurred in paying the

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