However, They Were Ordered To Pay 65% Of Certain Litigation Expenses. On March 19, 2016, we posted on U.S. District Judge John A. Kronstadt’s tentative decision to deny fees to Marvin Gaye’s estate in a copyright infringement case in which Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams were found to have infringed on one of […]
Requested Amount By Plaintiff’s Attorney Was $2.9 Million. On April 8, 2016, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Mark Mooney determined that Bikram Choudhury, a well known yoga pioneer, owed $1.1 million in attorney’s fees after a jury found that he was liable for $7.4 million on claims he wrongfully terminated and sexually
Securities Class Action Trends. In a January 26, 2016 paper on a 2015 full-year review of securities class actions, NERA Economic Consulting’s consultants Svetlana Starykh and Stefan Boettrich have some interesting findings on fees/costs awards to class counsel. Fees were stable at about 30% as a percentage of recovery in securities class action
Bills Include NFL Investigative Report And Brady Suspension Activities/Appeals. According to an ESPN analysis, the legal bills in the New England Patriots/Tom Brady “Deflategate” controversy are hefty and still mounting. The NFL has spent around $12.5 million, including the expenses for the Wells Report which was a lengthy investigative piece generating a lot
Pharrell and Thicke Tentative Fee Decision. On March 14, 2016, U.S. District Judge John A. Kronstadt (C.D. Cal.) orally announced a tentative decision that Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke should not have to pay Marvin Gaye’s family $3.5 million in legal fees despite the fact they lost a copyright infringement case. The district
Public Filings Had Sext-Laden Submissions. In a case which can only be described as entertaining (among other things, apparently involving sext-laden messages), Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Terry A. Green has granted defendant Colleen Brown, American Apparel chair, $112,000 out of a requested $167,315 in attorney’s fees for successfully SLAPPing former founder
Some Lawyers May Charge As Much As $2,000/Hour. Martha Neil, in an ABA Journal online article posted February 8, 2016, reports that some top partners at BigLaw firms are now billing at rates close to $1,500 per hour. Many of these rates come from large firms billing in high profile Chapter 11 bankruptcy
$1.367 Million Expenditures Over Thirty Years On Public Areas, With $13.3 Million In Fees And $1.7 Million To Class Counsel. On February 9, 2016, U.S. District Judge Consuelo B. Marshall of the Central District of California gave preliminary approval to a substantial American with Disabilities Act class action settlement by which the City
L.A. County Attorney Payment Statistics Are Out For 2014-2015. For 2014-2015, Los Angeles County paid $59 million for attorney’s fees and costs to both in-house and outside counsel, a 7% increase from the prior year. For matters going to trial, the County won 64% of the time, although many cases were settled. The
30% of Recovery Was Fair. Based on general news reports, class action counsel in Cathode Ray Tube Antitrust Litig., No. 3:07-cv-05944 (N.D. Cal.) were awarded $38.2 million in attorney’s fees in settlement of an antitrust class action involving allegations of a price-fixing conspiracy for cathode ray tubes. The fee award was around 30%
