Cases: Substantiation of Reasonableness of Fees

Fees as Damages, Substantiation Of Reasonableness Of Fees: Using Client To Authenticate Attorney’s Fees Invoices Found To Be An Incompetent Showing, Requiring Reversal As A Matter Of Law

Cases: Fees as Damages, Cases: Substantiation of Reasonableness of Fees

Case Is A Stark Reminder On How To Competently Introduce Attorney’s Invoices In A Trial Where Fees Are Claimed As Damages.             Justice Fybel, a sitting justice on our local Santa Ana court (this year’s winner of the David G. Sills Award for Appellate Excellence Presentation by the Orange County Bar Association Appellate Law Section),

Civil Rights, Reasonableness Of Fees, Substantiation Of Fees: Third Circuit Court Of Appeals Denies Unreasonable Civil Rights Fee Petition And Affirms Sanctions Of $25,000 Against Attorney

Cases: Civil Rights, Cases: Reasonableness of Fees, Cases: Substantiation of Reasonableness of Fees

Entire Fee Motion Denied For Misconduct And Inflated Fees, A Companion To Our Post On The Clemens Decision.             While co-contributor Mike was out on a short vacation, his legal assistant Shanna Strader was kind enough to post on Clemens v. New York Cent. Mut. Fire Ins. Co., No. 17-3150 (3d Cir. Sept. 12, 2018)

Insurance, Lodestar, Reasonableness of Fees, Special Fee-Shifting Statutes, Substantiation of Reasonableness of Fees: Third Circuit Upholds District Court’s Decision Denying Entire Almost $950K Fees And Costs Request To Successful Plaintiff

Cases: Insurance, Cases: Lodestar, Cases: Reasonableness of Fees, Cases: Special Fee Shifting Statutes, Cases: Substantiation of Reasonableness of Fees

Amount Requested Under Bad Faith Statute Was “Outrageously Excessive” Allowing District Court To Deny The Request Altogether As Thoroughly Explained In Its “Well-Reasoned One-Hundred-Page Opinion”             Ouch! Talk about learning a lesson the hard way! In a precedential opinion for a case decided by Justices Greenaway, Jr., Restrepo, and Bibas, and authored by Justice Greenaway, Jr.,

Fee Substantiation, Lodestar: Detailed Fee Billings Not Required For Substantiation And Fee Recovery Does Not Need To Be Proportional To Damages Awarded Under Contractual Fee Recovery

Cases: Lodestar, Cases: Substantiation of Reasonableness of Fees

$625-675 Partner Hourly Rates And $395-475 Associate Hourly Rates Were Found Reasonable For Los Angeles Attorneys.              In SP Investment Fund I v. Grossman, Case No. B284289 (2d Dist., Div. 4 Aug. 29, 2018) (unpublished), prevailing plaintiff moved for attorney’s fees based on a contractual fees clause, winning the whole requested tamale (including additionally requested

SLAPP, Substantiation Of Reasonableness Of Fees: 2/7 DCA Affirms SLAPP Fee Award To Defense Of $23,760 In Fees Out Of A $56,638 Request

Cases: SLAPP, Cases: Substantiation of Reasonableness of Fees

California Case Again Highlights Differences In Substantiation Required In State Versus Federal Cases.             La Grange v. Ward, Case No. B280997 (2d Dist., Div. 7 May 9, 2018) (unpublished) is an abuse of discretion case regarding the reasonableness of a trial court’s fee award, but it also highlights the differences in fee substantiation required by

Substantiation Of Reasonableness Of Fees:  Wyoming Supreme Court Finds Nothing Wrong With 15 Minute Billing Increments Or Inter-Office Conferences On Cases Under The Right Circumstances

Cases: Substantiation of Reasonableness of Fees

Although 15 Minute Billing Increments Are Not Per Se Offensive, Many Cases, Guidelines, And Commentary Suggest (Or, In Some Cases Require) 6 Minute Billing Increments.             We thank Keith Turner of Santa Monica, who argued and obtained a precedential HOA fee-shifting decision in his client homeowner’s favor, for bringing to our attention the next decision

Damages/Substantiation Of Reasonableness Of Fees:  Malicious Prosecution Plaintiff Compensatory Award Reversed And Remanded Due To Redacted Fee Substantiation

Cases: Substantiation of Reasonableness of Fees

Attorney-Client Privilege Redactions Impliedly Waived In Malicious Prosecution Case.             Jensen v. Charon Solutions, Inc., Case No. B276050 (2d Dist., Div. 2 Dec. 20, 2017) (unpublished) is a situation which demonstrates that redacted fee substantiation, even based on attorney-client privileged objections, may give way to due process rights where fees are recoverable as damages.  What

Substantiation Of Reasonableness Of Fees:  Recent Article By Daniel K. Wiig Provides Clues On In-House Counsel Ability To Recoup Fee Recovery In Appropriate Cases

Cases: Substantiation of Reasonableness of Fees

Keeping Good Records Is A Must.             It is firmly established in California that in-house counsel can collect fees in appropriate fee-shifting contexts as long as they can establish that their fees are not unnecessarily duplicative in nature for services provided by other attorneys on the matter.  (See, e.g., Mix v. Tumanjan Development Corp., 102

Substantiation Of Reasonableness Of Fees: 2/3 DCA, On Remand Of Los Angeles County Supreme Court Decision, Remands To Consider Whether Fee Totals In Invoices And Billings Are Privileged Or Not

Cases: Substantiation of Reasonableness of Fees

DCA Concludes That Billing Entries Likely Would Reveal Privileged Information And Do Not Have To Be Produced In Response to Public Records Act Demand.             Earlier, we had posted on Los Angeles County Bd. of Supervisors v. Superior Court, 2 Cal.5th 282, 300 (2016) [see our December 29, 2016 post], where the California Supreme Court

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