Cases: SLAPP

SLAPP: Trope Limitation Did Not Preclude Award Of Fees To California Attorney General For Prevailing On SLAPP Motion Against Suing Doctor When Two Of The AG Attorneys (Also Sued) Aided Lead Counsel Work for AG And Other Co-Defendants

Cases: SLAPP

First District, Division 2 So Rules in Lengthy Unpublished Decision.      Soderling v. Office of the California Attorney General, Case Nos. A124196/A124931 (1st Dist., Div. 2 Oct. 22, 2010) (unpublished) concerned an appeal by a doctor suing to overturn the trial court’s partial grant of an anti-SLAPP motion against the California Attorney General (AG) as […]

Trio Of Cases: Class Action Fee Distribution, Anti-SLAPP Fees To State Bar, And Reach Of Arbitrator Disclosures Highlighted California Appellate Court Thinking

Cases: Arbitration, Cases: Class Actions, Cases: SLAPP

Declaratory Relief Action Denial Reversed re Class Action Fee Distribution.      In Carder v. Patten, Faith & Sandford, Case No. B221940 (2d Dist., Div. 5 Oct. 12, 2010) (certified for publication), the appellate court reversed judgment entered against a plaintiff class action lawyer in a declaratory relief action he brought against other class action co-counsel

SLAPP: Reversal Of SLAPP Grant Requires Reconsideration Of Fee Award

Cases: SLAPP

However, Time For Filing Fee Motion Does Not Run Until Entry of Judgment Concluding Entire Action.      The next one is a case involving an appeal from a SLAPP grant by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Terry A. Green, who co-contributor Mike has had the pleasure of appearing before in a wage/hour case.     

Objection to Order Granting Attorney’s Fees is Waived by Failure to Support It With Argument or Citation of Legal Authority

Cases: SLAPP

Waiver Results in Second District, Division Three’s Affirmance of Orders Awarding $11,645 and $25,278.50 in Attorney Fees.      After the trial court granted an order to strike an action for malicious prosecution, brought by Van Wormer Resorts, Inc. (VWR), WVR appealed the order, as well as the granting of attorney’s fees in favor of defendants/respondents

SLAPP And Lanham Act: Jim Brown Does Not Incur Attorney’s Fees Exposure In False Exploitation Federal Case

Cases: SLAPP, Cases: Special Fee Shifting Statutes

  No Fees Under SLAPP or Lanham Act Fee Shifting Provisions.      Well, everyone knows about James “Jim” Brown, maybe the best professional football running back of all time. In the next case, Jim Brown dodged fee exposure under the Lanham Act and under California’s SLAPP statute.      He brought a false exploitation of image

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