Cases: Interest

Civil Rights/Costs/Interest: Attorneys, Not Clients, Are Entitled to Postjudgment Interest On Fee Award And Likely Entitled To Routine Costs Recovery

Cases: Civil Rights, Cases: Costs, Cases: Interest

  . . . Unless Retainer Agreement Requires Otherwise.      Hernandez v. Siegel, Case No. A139653 (1st Dist., Div. 5 Sept. 30, 2014) (published) decided, unless a client-attorney retainer agreement dictates otherwise, post-judgment interest on a fee award and routine costs generally are interests vested in the attorney, rather than the client. The appellate court […]

Interest: Interest Runs On Postjudgment Fee Awards From The Date Of “Fixing” Of Actual Awards, Not From Date Of Original Judgment

Cases: Interest

       The First District, Division 5 in Lucky Unified Properties Investments, Inc. v. Lee, Case No. A132914 (1st Dist., Div. 5 Feb. 4, 2013) (partially published) provided clarity on the issue of when interest begins to run on postjudgment fee/costs awards where the fees/costs were incurred postjudgment or on appeal. The appellate court determined

Multipliers/Interest On Fee Awards: Khazan III Comes Down, Affirming Trial Court Award Of Lodestar And Multiplier

Cases: Interest, Cases: Multipliers

  Appellate Court Dismisses Applying Perdue in California State Court Cases and Affirms that Interest Ran From Date of Remanded New Fee Determination.      In our March 31, 2009 post, we extensively discussed Khazan v. Braynin (Khazan II), an unpublished appellate court decision where the First District, Division 4 remanded a fee award because it

Lodestar/Multiplier/Postjudgment Enforcement Interest: Published Decision Considers When Interest Runs On California State Fee Awards

Cases: Interest, Cases: Lodestar, Cases: Multipliers

  Also Rejects Application of Perdue v. Kenny A. To State Cases Involving Lodestar Multipliers.      Khazan v. Braynin, Case No. A128536 (1st Dist., Div. 4 May 30, 2012) (certified for partial publication; fee interest issue published) is an interesting decision that has a scholarly discussion on when interest begins to run on a fee

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