Cases: POOF!

POOF!/Special Fee Shifting Statute: Determination Of No Sovereign Immunity Waiver Meant Substantial Fee Award Under Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Goes POOF!

Cases: POOF!, Cases: Special Fee Shifting Statutes

  $2.5 Million Fee and $22,000 Costs Awards Went Away.      In Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation v. Obama, Case Nos. 11-15468 et al. (9th Cir. Aug. 7, 2012) (published), the Ninth Circuit dealt with a situation where two private plaintiffs obtained statutory damages and substantial $2,515,387.09 fee and $22,012.36 costs awards under 50 U.S.C. § 1810. […]

Employment: Attorney’s Fees Recovery Not Permitted Where Plaintiff Employee Winning Labor Commissioner Award Against Employer Had Appeal Dismissed As Untimely On Jurisdictional Grounds

Cases: Employment, Cases: POOF!

  To Be Unsuccessful on Appeal, Employee Must Have Merits Tried By Superior Court And Besieged With a Zero Award.      Labor Code section 98.2(c) is a one-way fee shifting provision that penalizes an unsuccessful party who appeals a labor commissioner’s decision, mandating that the court assess attorney’s fees upon the unsuccessful appealing party. In

Homeowner Associations/POOF!: Reversal Of HOA Award Means Homeowner Survives To See What Happens On Remand

Cases: Homeowner Associations, Cases: POOF!

  Appellate Court Tells Everyone That Some Claims May Not Be Compensable.      Homeowner Association (HOA)/homeowner disputes seem to be very acrimonious. However, depending on who prevails, there may be fee exposure under Civil Code section 1354 (CC&R enforcement) or Civil Code section 1717 (contractual fee enforcement). But, each side may have to wait until

POOF!/Family Law Two-Fer: Reversal Means $107,560 Fee Award Goes Away And $50,000 Needs/Sanction Award Against Husband Hiding Finances Sustained

Cases: Family Law, Cases: POOF!

  Apex LLC v. Sharing World, Inc., Case No. G045321 (4th Dist., Div. 3 May 31, 2012; Posted June 5, 2012) (published).      Justice Fybel, on behalf of a 3-0 panel of our local appellate court, reversed bench trial results in an opinion involving many UCC issues, such as gap fillers for contract formation, confirmation

Assignment/POOF!: Limited Partner’s Assignment Of His Fraud Claim Did Not Pass Rights Under Limited Partnership Agreement To Assignee So That He Could Obtain The Benefit Of Fee Clause Recovery

Cases: POOF!

  $1.34 Million Fee Award Went POOF!      Miske v. Bisno, Case Nos. A127596 et al. (1st Dist., Div. 4 Apr. 12, 2012) (partially published, including fee discussion) is an interesting case where the defrauded limited partner was treated as an innocent third party which produced a $1.4 million fraud compensatory verdict result. The defrauded

POOF!: Reversal Of Unlicensed Contractor Determination Meant Civil Code Section 1717 Fee Award Went POOF!

Cases: POOF!

  $127,616.90 Fee Award Evaporated.      Defendants won a summary judgment against plaintiff contractor based on the determination that plaintiff could not recover because it did not have a contractor’s license. The trial court later awarded defendants attorney’s fees under Civil Code section 1717 of $127,616.90. That fee award went POOF! when the appellate court

Interpretation of Fee Clauses/POOF!/Section 998: Winning Creditor Obtained $210,000 Fee/Expert Fee Award After Beating Main Defendant’s 998

Cases: Fee Clause Interpretation, Cases: POOF!, Cases: Section 998

  Court Reminds Us About Right 998 Calculus, Sustains Broad Fees Clause Applying To Torts, And POOF!s Another Substantial Fee Award To Another Defendant After Reversing A Without Leave Demurrer.      This next case is amazing in demonstrating how a relatively small loan of $100,000 can result in lots of attorney’s fees/expert fee recoupment to

Civil Rights/POOF!: $494,714.40 Fee Award Against Roommate Web Sorting Service Vacated Upon Reversal of Summary Judgment/Permanent Injunction Against Litigant

Cases: Civil Rights, Cases: POOF!

  No Place Like Home:  FHA/FEHA Restrictions Held Not Applicable to Roommate Selection for Sharing Inside of Living Units.      Roomate.com, LLC, which maintains a website asking questions about sex, sexual orientation, and familial status for individuals seeking roommates, must have been shocked when a district judge granted a summary judgment/permanent injunction based on finding

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