November 9, 2009 Tentative Was to Deny $378,519 in Total Requested Fees. In our category “In the News,” we have been following the costs and fees development in the Farnan-Corbett First Amendment controversy arising out of south Orange County. Here is the next development. Earlier this week, U.S. District Judge James Selna of […]
Should We Add a New Category to Our Sidebar? Once again, we consider (but resist) the need to add a new category to our sidebar, “celebrities and attorney’s fees.” As reported in a November 5, 2009 update on the Daily News Wire Services, Academy Award-winning actor John Voight as well as Hank and
Second District, Division 7 Gives Us Another Poof! Example. For those of you following this blog, you know that we have a category “POOF!” This is where we survey cases that show hefty fee awards usually get reversed when the supporting merits judgment is reversed, vacated or modified. Here is another one. In
Both Determinations Affirmed on Appeal. In Marinos v. City of Rocklin, Case Nos. C058958/C060844 (3d Dist. Nov. 4, 2009) (unpublished), defendants City and landlord prevailed on a summary judgment motion based on plaintiffs not complying with a notice provision in a settlement agreement with a fees clause. The trial court then awarded defendants $184,605
Ninth Circuit En Banc Panel Reverses Magistrates’ Reductions Below Requested Fees That Were Pegged To Contingency Arrangements (Albeit Lower). We have told you faithful readers that we are purveyors to all substantive areas of the law. Here is an important one for litigants and practitioners in the area of attorney’s fees awarded to lawyers
Second District, Division 8 Affirms Family Law Judge’s Fee Ruling. Dr. Michael Mellman is well known for having served as a team physician for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Los Angeles Kings. The next case illustrates that even celebrities get to suffer the sting of attorney’s fees as a result of litigation matters.
Plaintiffs’ Attorneys Stand To Be Awarded One-Third of Final Recovery Up to An Estimated $28 Million Ceiling. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, recently won approval of a settlement of over 30 federal lawsuits alleging the retailer did not pay all required wages to workers. The settlement, which was blessed on November 2,
Letter from a Reader Dear Marc and Mike, One of our lawyers recently turned me on to your blog on California attorneys’ fees, and I have found it extremely helpful and informative. This is a fantastic resource. With that in mind, I wanted to let you know about an attorneys’ fee award received in a
She Also Wants Another $500,000 for An Accountant. Jamie and Frank McCourt (with Frank or Frank or Jamie being owner/owners of the L.A. Dodgers) have been in the news a lot lately. Jamie McCourt has hired well-known attorney Bert Fields, while Frank McCourt has retained equally well-known attorney Marshall Grossman as the divorce proceeding
School District Has Already Spent $49,960 In Fees Over Three-Month Period. As reported in the Octdober 30, 2009 online edition of the The Orange County Register (in a story penned by Scott Martindale), the Capistrano Unified School District has hired well-known election law attorney Phillip Greer to aid its efforts to delay the scheduled
