Cases: Billing Record Substantiation

Billing Record Substantiation: Where Motion Paperwork And Billing Records Were Clear, Lower Court Erroneously Found Surety’s Request For Subsequent Fees Were Duplicative Where The Undisputed Evidence Showed The Second Request Involved Work For A Different Time Frame From The First Request

Cases: Billing Record Substantiation

The Matter Was Remanded For Purposes Of Determining Whether The Second Requested Fees Were Reasonable In Nature. This next post shows the value of keeping good monthly billings and the beauty of being precise in correlating fee requests to specified time ranges.  What happened in Business Alliance Ins. Co. v. Celis, Case No. D086880 (4th Dist., Div. […]

Billing Record Substantiation: N.D. Cal. Federal District Judge Slashes Fee Request 20% Due To Block Billing

Cases: Billing Record Substantiation

  Further Reduction Made For Excessive Time/Inefficiencies, As Well As Bloated “Fees On Fees” Request.      Although arising under Delaware law, U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick reduced an attorney’s fees request of $ 3.56 million where the prevailing party did so on a summary judgment motion and its attorneys utilized block billing in fee

Billing Record Substantiation: N.D. Cal. District Judge Reduces Fees In Obtaining Trademark Infringement Default Judgment For Insufficiently Described Entries, Overly Redacted Entries, And Unreasonable Time Expended

Cases: Billing Record Substantiation

  “Due Diligence” or “Attention to” Entries Found Too Vague.      U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick faced a $158,678.51 fee request by a well-known national firm for ultimately obtaining a default judgment in a trademark infringement case against a defendant using a similar download to “Cognizant.” In Cognizant Technology Solutions U.S. Corporation v. McAfee,

Reasonableness Of Fees: Failure To Particularize Objections To Entries Did Not Carry The Deal On Challenged Fee Award

Cases: Billing Record Substantiation, Cases: Reasonableness of Fees

Block Billing Not Per Se Objectionable. ​In Kalicki v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Case No. D063508 (4th Dist., Div. 1 June 30, 2014) (unpublished), Bank appealed a residential borrowers’ fee award of $255,135 as being unreasonable, even though the trial judge did reduce the request a little. ​The fee amount challenge did not result in

SLAPP/Substantiation Of Reasonableness Of Fees/Billing Records: Lower Court Did Not Err In Fashioning Three Fee Awards To Three Winning Defendants Successfully SLAPPing A Malicious Prosecution Action

Cases: Billing Record Substantiation, Cases: SLAPP, Cases: Substantiation of Reasonableness of Fees

  Trial Judge Reduced Requests Substantially Due to Severely Redacted Billing Records and General Supporting Attorney Declaration; Further Reductions Not Justified.      Three defendants (as well as their law firms) sought mandatory fee awards after SLAPPing plaintiff’s malicious prosecution action in Du Boise v Peterson, Case Nos. B237764/B240357 (2d Dist., Div. 5 Dec. 6, 2013)

Consumer Statutes/Reasonableness of Fees: $1 FDCPA Compensatory Award Justified $89,489.60 In Fees/Costs Under Federal Consumer-Oriented Statute

Cases: Billing Record Substantiation, Cases: Consumer Statutes, Cases: Reasonableness of Fees

  Block Billing Also Discussed.      A creditor was sued under a cross-complaint by a debtor under both the Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). Debtor won a summary judgment motion on the FDCPA claim, on condition that she agree to a compensatory award of $1,

Costs/Billing Record Substantiation: Unredacted Billing Records Adequately Described Services

Cases: Billing Record Substantiation, Cases: Costs

  However, Failure to File Costs Memorandum Meant $80,758.75 Costs Award Went Away.      In Bustamante v. T.O. IX, LLC, Case No. B241233 (2d Dist., Div. 6 Oct. 25, 2012) (unpublished), plaintiffs lost a real estate purchase fraud case against defendants, with the purchase contract containing a fees clause. A judicial referee awarded attorneys fees

Bankruptcy Effort/Billing Record Substantiation: Bankruptcy Court Awards Fees For “De-Lumped” Block Billing And Counsel Travel Time

Cases: Billing Record Substantiation

  Ninth Circuit Affirms Fee Determinations Upon Review.      In In re Thomas (Thomas v. Namba), 2012 WL 1008654 (9th Cir. Mar. 27, 2012) (unpublished), the Ninth Circuit affirmed a bankruptcy court’s remand award of fees where counsel “de-lumped” block billed entries, but nonetheless still applied a 10% reduction to remaining lumped fees for which

Bankruptcy: Ninth Circuit BAP Issues An Illuminating Opinion On Block Billing And Travel Time Issues

Cases: Bankruptcy Efforts, Cases: Billing Record Substantiation

  Although Germane In Bankruptcy Context, Case May Be Helpful in Non-Bankruptcy Cases.      You readers of our blog are a constant source of inspiration. Today, we thank attorney Andrew L. Fagan of Santa Rosa for alerting us to a recent unpublished Ninth Circuit BAP decision that has interesting discussions of block billing and reimbursement

Scroll to Top