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Proofread Your Work: Submission of Subpar Written Papers Or Sloppy Work Product Can Lead To A Reduction In Fees

October 12, 2008

Transylvania Feral Court Slashes Attorney’s Fees Award Drastically For Spoor Work Product. Although we usually confine our posts to California-oriented cases, settlements, or fee issues, the following fee reduction ruling by a Philadelphia-based federal district judge was too good to pass up and also offers some sobering lessons to practitioners seeking fee awards when […]

Two Winning Civil Rights Plaintiffs’ $421,357 Fee Award Affirmed On Appeal

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

October 11, 2008

Court of Appeal Sustains $336,800 Lodestar Plus 0.25 Multiplier. Two high school freshmen sued the Poway School District, a principal, and an assistant principal, alleging various federal and state civil rights violations arising out of failure to quell peer sexual orientation harassment of an anti-gay nature. Following a jury trial, the two plaintiffs were

Trial Court Correctly Denied A Multiplier In Sexual Harassment Case Against Ralphs Grocery

Cases: Lodestar

October 2, 2008

Court of Appeal Also Refuses to Create a New Rule Requiring A Statement of Decision in an Attorney’s Fee Proceeding. Plaintiffs in a sexual harassment contingency case against Ralphs Grocery won substantial compensatory and punitive damage awards through years of contentious litigation. After over ten years of litigation, plaintiffs moved for

Breaking News: Supreme Court Denies Review of Harman v. City and County of San Francisco

Cases: Civil Rights, Cases: Lodestar, Cases: Reasonableness of Fees, Cases: Standard of Review, Cases: Substantiation of Reasonableness of Fees

June 23, 2008

Denial of Writ of Certiorari Leaves Court of Appeal Opinion – and Fee Award — Intact. On June 23, 2008, the Supreme Court of the United States denied the petition for writ of certiorari for San Francisco v Harman, Allen. —S.Ct.—, 2008 WL 1955817 (U.S. Cal.), 76 USLW 3611.

DERIVATION OF THE USE OF “LODESTAR”—A STRANGE TERM STILL USED. BUT WITH A MURKY FUTURE.

Cases: Lodestar

June 7, 2008

Use of Lodestar Goes Back to 1973 Third Circuit Opinion, With Recent Second Circuit Opinion Actually Abandoning Its Use In Some Contexts. “Lodestar” is a much used term in fee proceedings, referring to the product of the attorney’s usual hourly rate and the number of hours expended on behalf of a client.