Cases: Reasonableness of Fees – Page 40

UNSUPPORTED CHALLENGE OF “EXCESSIVENESS” OR “DUPLICATIVE WORK” BY APPELLANT CHALLENGING FEE AWARDS REJECTED BY COURT OF APPEAL

Cases: Billing Record Substantiation, Cases: Experts, Cases: Reasonableness of Fees, Cases: SLAPP, Cases: Special Fee Shifting Statutes

June 2, 2008

Second District Affirms Award of Anti-SLAPP Fees to Defendant Where Fee Attacks Were Not Supported by Competent Evidence. When opposing a fee motion, a litigant should support challenges with competent evidence. Such evidence can take the form of an expert witness or a particularized challenge to […]

SANTA ANA COURT OF APPEAL AFFIRMS AWARD OF $141,000 TO DEFENDANT TRYING TO WARD OFF A $47,000 CLAIM

Fourth District, Division 3 Finds Defendant Did Prevail and Award of Fees Eclipsing Damage Exposure By Three Was Not Out of Line. Imagine this one. Plaintiff sues defendant for $47,000 when defendant failed to purchase software and maintenance from plaintiff. Defendant brought a cross-claim for fraud, which it conceded was essentially