Cases: Fees on Fees

Allocation, Fees On Fees, Homeowner Associations, Reasonableness Of Fees, Section 1717: Defendant Homeowners Prevailing On Deck/Gazebo Construction Dispute Were Properly Awarded A Total Of $615,118.37 In Fees And Costs

Cases: Allocation, Cases: Fees on Fees, Cases: Homeowner Associations, Cases: Reasonableness of Fees, Cases: Section 1717

CC&R And Nuisance Claims Were Intertwined, So No Apportionment Required, And Fee Excessive Claims Were Not Supported By Record Citations. Finley v. Gantz, Case No. D084145 (4th Dist., Div. 1 Feb. 6, 2026) (unpublished) reinforces a message we have refrained in the past: homeowner disputes can be expensive for the losing side, which will allow […]

Costs, Fees On Fees, Lodestar: Fee Award Reversed Because Unavailability Of Out-Of-Venue Counsel Should Have Been Considered, 30% Reduction For Pre-Trial Settlement Efforts Was Unwarranted, And Fees On Fees For Reply Work Should Have Been Considered

Cases: Costs, Cases: Fees on Fees, Cases: Lodestar

However, Denial Of Expert Witness Fees As Costs For Non-Court Ordered Witness Was No Abuse Of Discretion.                In California Open Lands v. Butte County Dept. of Public Works, Case No. C097297 (3d Dist. Mar. 4, 2024) (unpublished), plaintiff reached a settlement with a county government in a conservation easement case with Clean Air Act

Fees On Fees, SLAPP: Trial Court’s Additional Award To Successfully SLAPPing Defendant Of $15,660 In Fees And $368.44 In Costs After Initial Fees Award Of $10,910 And $60 In Costs Was No Abuse Of Discretion

Cases: Fees on Fees, Cases: SLAPP

Defendant Was Entitled To Recover Fees And Costs Incurred In Responding To Plaintiff’s Numerous Attempts To Overturn The Trial Court’s Grant Of The SLAPP Motion, Not Just The Fees/Costs She Incurred In Bringing The Anti-SLAPP Motion.             After successfully SLAPPing plaintiff’s complaint and being awarded $10,910 in attorney fees and $60 in costs under

Fees On Fees, SLAPP: SLAPP Fee Awards To Employee And His Counsel Totaling $136,285.50 Plus Another $33,007.50 In Fees On Fees Affirmed On Appeal

Cases: Fees on Fees, Cases: SLAPP

Plaintiff CEO Was Unable To Prove His Claim Against Employee And His Counsel For Their Efforts To Add Him As Judgment Debtor To Underlying Lawsuit Stemmed From Malicious Prosecution As Opposed To Protected Activity.             Khanna v. Sonasoft Corp. – from our July 13, 2016 and October 15, 2019 posts – is the underlying

Fees On Fees:  Trial Court Did Not Abuse Its Discretion In Not Reducing Fees On Fees Request For Lack Of Success

Cases: Fees on Fees

Long-Time Class Action Battle May Be Ended, Appropriately On Fee Issues.               In a long-running class action dispute which the appellate court characterized as rivaling Jarndyce and Jarndyce (Dickens’ Bleak House case which ran on for years and drained most litigants’ resources), the 2/5 DCA likely put an end to class action litigation in

Fees On Fees:  Ninth Circuit Reverses District Judge’s Failure To Award Appellate Fees-on-Fees For Litigant’s Successful Appellate Defense Of Prior Fee Award

Cases: Fees on Fees

Court Of Appeals Applied Hummell Test, But Suggested It Might Adopt Seventh Circuit’s Automatic-Entitlement Rule If It Had Been Properly Raised Below.             Today we inaugurate a new sidebar category:  fees on fees.  This refers to fee entitlement for successfully defending or attacking an earlier award, or denial of an award, of fees.  Given that

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