Cases: Civil Rights

Civil Rights: $137,502.46 Supplemental Fee Award Affirmed In Favor OF Monthly Prison Magazine Publisher

Cases: Civil Rights, Cases: Reasonableness of Fees

Ninth Circuit Disagrees with Seventh Circuit Over Fee Recovery for Compliance Activities and Also Reject That Laffey Matrix Had to Be Used in Determining Reasonable Hourly Rates.      Prison Legal News v. Schwarzenegger, Case No. 09-15006 (9th Cir. June 9, 2010) (for publication) is an interesting Ninth Circuit decision regarding what fees are awardable under […]

EEOC Title VII Administrative Proceedings: Federal Courts Have Subject Matter Jurisdiction Solely Over Prevailing Parties’ Claims To Recover Title VII Administrative Proceeding Fees

Cases: Civil Rights

Title VII Claims Do Not Have To Be Asserted in Federal Case Seeking Only Fees.      In Porter v. Winter, Case No. 07-17120 (9th Cir. May 5, 2010) (for publication), the Ninth Circuit determined that federal courts have subject matter jurisdiction over claims brought solely by a prevailing plaintiff to recover attorney’s fees incurred in

Civil Rights Multipliers: U.S. Supreme Court Narrows Use Of Enhancements In Federal Civil Rights Case

Cases: Civil Rights, Cases: Lodestar, Cases: Multipliers

Lodestar Should Capture the Usual Fee Recovery; Federal Judges Must Provide a Reasonably Specific Explanation for All Aspects of a Fee Determination. At least in the area of federal civil rights cases (although the opinion may have broader applicability), the U.S. Supreme Court has issued an important decision relating to fee enhancements in Perdue v.

FEHA: $445,000 Fee Recovery Out Of Requested $1.5 Million Fee Request Affirmed On Appeal

Cases: Civil Rights, Cases: Lodestar, Cases: Multipliers, Cases: Standard of Review

Plaintiff Does Not Convince Appellate Court to Award More, With Fourth District, Division Commenting on Some “Cutting Edge” Substantive Questions.      Although the next case could be viewed as just a simple abuse of discretion case, it actually discusses some interesting tensions between federal and state cases on the specificity of reasoning that must be

Ralph Act: $456,705 Fee Award To Plaintiff Affirmed On Appeal

Cases: Civil Rights, Cases: Lodestar, Cases: Multipliers

Both Sides Appealed the Fee Award, But The Trial Court’s Award Stood Firm.      The Ralph Act (Civil Code, § 51.7) provides that all persons within California’s jurisdiction have the right to be free from violence or intimidation because of sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability, medical condition, marital status or sexual orientation

FEHA Award: Court Of Appeal Affirms $84,000 Fee Award Out Of Requested $686,290.50

Cases: Civil Rights, Cases: Lodestar, Cases: Multipliers

Plaintiff Only Won $55,000 Jury Verdict Plus $18,000 in Costs.      Although awards to winning plaintiffs under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act are encouraged, they must be reasonable in amount. Otherwise, the trial court has broad discretion to deny them in entirety or substantially chop them down from their higher requests. The next

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