Cases: SLAPP

SLAPP: $112,353.75 Fee Award To Cross-Defendant Affirmed Where Claims Of Overstaffing Not Properly Demonstrated

Cases: Reasonableness of Fees, Cases: SLAPP, Cases: Standard of Review, Cases: Substantiation of Reasonableness of Fees

Fourth District, Division 3 Finds No Abuse of Discretion.      In Raining Data Corp. v. Barrenechea, Case No. G040902 (4th Dist., Div. 3 June 26, 2009) (unpublished), plaintiff lost a SLAPP motion against a cross-defendant arising from a trade secret misappropriation dispute, with the trial court awarding $112, 353.75 to cross-defendant under Code of Civil […]

SLAPP Two-Fer: Two Fee Awards Affirmed

Cases: SLAPP

$9,387.50 Appellate Fees Awardable After Appeal Court Dismisses Appeal Without Written Decision.      Stevens v. Paul, Case No. A122993 (1st Dist., Div. 2 May 18, 2009) (unpublished) confronted an unusual procedural situation: plaintiff lost a SLAPP motion (hit with $5,155 in fees); appealed and lost in a summary non-written dismissal order; plaintiff was assessed further

Attorney’s Fees In the News … Citizens Reap Public Interest Award, While Homeowner May Have To Pay FEHA Department Fees

Cases: Private Attorney General (CCP 1021.5), Cases: SLAPP, Off Topics

Citizens Group Awarded Over $175,000 in Fees For Successful Attack of Santa Barbara Proposed Housing Project.      Citizens Planning Association (CPA) were awarded over $175,000 in attorney’s fees ($117,228 lodestar, based on four attorneys charging $350 an hour, plus a $60,000 multiplier add-on) for successfully attacking the City of Santa Barbara’s environmental analysis of the

SLAPP and Fee Substantiation: Itemized Billing Statements/Evidence About Reasonableness Of Hourly Rate And Hours Expended Not Required In Fee Proceedings

Cases: SLAPP, Cases: Substantiation of Reasonableness of Fees

Fourth District, Division 3 Finds Sufficient Substantiation in Attorney Declaration Attesting to Actual Number of Hours Worked and Attorney’s Billing Rate.      Many practitioners might think that itemized billing statements and evidence on reasonableness of rates/hours expended are essentials in a fee petition proceeding. Although highly advisable, the next case reinforces that such detailed substantiation

SLAPP Two-Fer: Fees Go POOF! Because No Amended Complaint On File And HOA Director Stung With Fees After Losing SLAPP Appeal

Cases: Homeowner Associations, Cases: SLAPP

Second District, Division 7 Issues Two Unpublished Opinions on SLAPP.      In our category “SLAPP,” we have explored cases where defendants have been victorious in winning mandatory attorney’s fees awards after prevailing in anti-SLAPP motions. The statutory basis for such fee entitlement is Code of Civil Procedure section 425.16(c). Division 7 of the Second District

Attorney’s Fee Awards In the News—One Entertainment Case Whooper and Two Smaller Ones

Cases: Section 1717, Cases: SLAPP, Off Topics

Attorney’s Fee Awards In the News—One Entertainment Case Whooper and Two Smaller Ones $14 Million Fee Award – Entertainment Dispute.      Los Angeles County Superior Court produced one of the largest fee awards we know of (with a recent article on the award suggesting it is the biggest ever)–$14 million.      Well-known author Clive Cussler

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