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In The News . . . . Structuring A Plaintiff’s Fee Recovery And Insurance Protection For Plaintiffs Subject To Fee Shifting

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  June 2017 Orange County Lawyer Article Explores Structuring of Attorney’s Fees Recovery.           Patrick C. Farber (a structured settlements broker), in a June 2017 Orange County Lawyer article entitled “Financial Management Strategy: Structuring Attorney’s Fees,” discusses strategies and tax implications for plaintiff’s attorneys due to receive recovery of a substantial fee recovery. It suggests […]

Class Action/In The News . . . . Federal Judge Approves Hefty Fee For Class Counsel In 2.0 Liter Diesel Emissions Class Action

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  VW Plant, Wolfsburg, Germany. En.wikipedia. User: HighContrast. Creative Commons licnese.       According to Law360, a California federal judge recently approved $167 million in fees and $8 million in costs to class counsel in the Volkswagen emissions class action, relating to the part of the case which involved 2.0 liter VW diesel cars. Stay tuned,

In The News . . . . Southern California Edison Obtains Moneys From Mitsubishi Heavy Industries For San Onofre Nuclear Plant Steam Generator Failures, But Gives Some Back In Legal Expenses After Losing International Arbitration To Beat Contractual Cap

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  $125 Million Won, But $58 Million In Legal Expenses Taken Away.     Aerial view of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in San Diego County, California, May 26, 2012. Author: Jelson25. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.       Southern California Edison apparently commenced an International Chamber of Commerce arbitration to see if could exceed

A Look Back In History To March 4, 1861

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Mr. Lincoln’s Inauguration.   Photograph shows participants and crowd at the first inauguration of President Abraham Lincoln, at the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. Lincoln is standing under the wood canopy, at the front, midway between the left and center posts. His face is in shadow but the white shirt front is visible. (Source: Ostendorf, p.

In the News: Idaho Reverses American Rule

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               Potato in three forms.  Ann Rosener, photographer.  Feb. 1943.  Library of Congress. Will Idaho Losers Spudder With Fear?      Our friend, appellate specialist Ben Shatz at Manatt, informs us:  Betsy Z. Russell of The Spokesman-Review of Spokane, Washington has an article that begins, "The Idaho Supreme Court has launched the state’s entire court system

In The News . . . . Delaware Supreme Court Decides That Key Man Employment Advancement Of Defense Costs Provision Is Not Impaired By Company’s Fraud In Inducement Claim

Cases: Indemnity, In The News

  Any Other Result Would Retard Individuals Going Into “Corporate Service.”     The Delaware Supreme Court, in Trascent Mgt. Consulting, LLC v. Bouri, Case No. 126, 2016 (Del. Supreme Ct. Nov. 28, 2016), was confronted with an LLC’s claim that it did not have to advance costs of defense to a “key man” employee in

In The News . . . . Recent Peer Monitor Report By Thomson Reuters Suggests That Higher Billing Rates May Not Lead To Higher Firm Revenues, With A Slackening Of Rates Resulting In Increased Demand

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  Supply, Demand, Price, And Profit.     Wikipedia.  Author:  Mtfernandes.   Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license..       Thomson Reuters, in an October 2016 Peer Monitor Special Report entitled “Does Slower Rate Growth Increase Revenues?,” suggests that firms adopting smaller hourly rate increases have experienced better demand and revenue growth than firms pushing higher hourly

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