Mr. Desai Addresses the Panoply of Issues Involved in the Class Action Settlement Confirmation Process. Mr. Aashish Y. Desai, a partner at Mower, Carreon & Desai, LLP in Irvine and a participant at the recent NALFA Los Angeles seminar which we reviewed in our June 20, 2008 post, has written a […]
We Provide Our List of Pointers That Have Been Cited by California Appellate Courts In Reversing/Remanding Class Action Fee Awards. We hope everyone had a happy, restful July 4thHoliday. This post, while not meaning to be exhaustive, provides a distillation of issues for class action plaintiff attorneys
First District, in Unpublished Opinion, Provides Guidance on How Trial Judges Weight Circumstances In Arriving At Fee Awards. One of our readers, Larry H., asked us in late June 2008 whether there are any decisions demonstrating if trial courts assign specific numerical values to the various multiplier factors articulated in Serrano
First District Affirms Trial Court Fee Award Reflecting the Risks of a Contingency Case. Mr. Leviant, the CEO of The Complex Litigator blog, recently welcomed us to the blogosphere and asked if we would be commenting on class action fee awards. “Yes,” is the answer, and this is our first specific
