In The News – Page 14 – Cal Attorneys Fees

News, Celebrities . . . . Plaintiff Losing Patent Infringement Suit Against Justin Timberlake And Britney Spears Get Socked With Octane Fitness Fees

August 21, 2015

$755,925.86 Is Total Fee/Costs Award Against Large Audience Display. As we have discussed in many posts, the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Octane Fitness, LLC v. ICON Health & Fitness, Inc., 134 S.Ct. 1749 (2014) has been a real game changer as far as increasing the case-by-case discretion conferred on district judges to […]

In The News . . . . Indian Tribe And Developer Liable For About $1.9 Million In Fees Incurred By City Of Richmond As Prevailing Party In Canceled Casino Contract Lawsuit

In The News

August 19, 2015

$2.15 Million Was The Fee Request. City of Richmond, through counsel Morrison & Foerster, obtained a motion for judgment on the pleadings in a contract breach suit brought by the Guidiville Rancheria of California, a federally recognized Indian tribe, and affiliate developer of a canceled casino project. Unfortunately for the losing plaintiffs, there

In The News . . . . Archer Norris Survey Details Top Factors In Choosing Outside Counsel And Most Worrisome Legally Risk-Ladden Cases

In The News

August 4, 2015

As summarized in the August 2015 edition of the California Lawyer, Archer Norris conducted a survey in March 2015 of corporate lawyers and other businesspeople about California’s legal climate, with 121 respondents (94% of whom were attorney and more than half working for companies with yearly revenue over $1 billion) providing feedback.

In The News . . . . 2015 Survey Provides Perceptions On Alternative Fee Arrangements And ABA Provides Its List of Most Important/Influential Legal Movies For Each Decade Since ABA Journal’s 1915 Debut

In The News

August 4, 2015

Looks Like Many Corporate Clients See Continued Used of Alternative Fee Arrangements. According to data from Norton Rose Fulbright’s 2015 Litigation Trends Annual Survey (as summarized in the August 2015 edition of the ABA Journal), which polled law departments both in the U.S. and 26 countries based on 803 corporate counsel responses, alternative

In The News . . . . Anaheim City School District’s Trustees Vote To Appeal Judge Andrew Banks’ Ruling On Charter School Reform Effort

In The News

August 2, 2015

. . . . Increasing The Legal Budget By $373,000 On An Annual Basis For The L.A. Law Firm Representing The District In The Matter. Gloria Romero, a former Democratic senator from L.A. and an education reformer, has written a piece in the OpEd section of the August 2, 2015 edition of The

In The News . . . . Class Counsel In BSH Home Appliances Moldy Washer Case Get $6.5 Million In Fees/Expenses Approved And Virginia Standing Committee On Legal Ethics Issues Opinion Helpful To Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Attorneys Getting Paid For Debtor Services

Cases: Bankruptcy Efforts, Cases: Class Actions, Cases: Ethics, In The News

July 29, 2015

$55 Cash Payment Under Claims Procedure Was Consideration, With Class Counsel Obtaining $6.5 Million In Fees And Expenses. In Tait v. BSH Home Appliances Corp., Case No. 8:10-cv-00711 (C.D. Cal. July 27, 2015), U.S. District Judge David O. Carter approved a $6.5 million payment of fees/expenses to class counsel in a case involving

Common Fund/In The News . . . . District Judge Had Jurisdiction To Enforce Contract Between California Firm And Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee In MDL Phases

Cases: Common Fund, In The News

July 26, 2015

7% Payment For Use Of Steering Committee’s Work Product Was Proper, Covering Both California State Cases And Other Federal Cases. In re Avandia Marketing, Sales Practices & Product Liab. Litig., No. 14-2980 (3d Cir. July 2, 2015) (not precedential) involved a dispute between California firm Girardi Keese (GK) and an MDL Plaintiffs’ Steering

In The News . . . . Delaware Enacts Law To Invalidate Stock Corporation Charter Provisions Attempting To Impose Fees Upon Stockholders In Corporate Governance Suits

In The News, Legislation

June 27, 2015

Exceptions Are Made For Nonstock Corporations And For Shareholder Agreements. In our March 31 and June 12, 2014 posts, we discussed ATP Tour, Inc. v. Deutscher Tennis Bund, 91 A.3d 554 (Del. 2014), where the Delaware Supreme Court upheld as facially valid a bylaw imposing liability for certain legal fees of the nonstock corporation

In The News . . . . Judge Orrick Grants SLAPP Fee Recovery To Steve Wynn Opponent, Lateral Partner Shifts, 2014 U.S. Top Law Firm Revenues Shows Gap With Smaller Firms, Law School Admissions Down, And Postgraduate Law Firm Debt Soars Based On 2012-2013 St

Cases: Celebrities, In The News

June 27, 2015

$390,149.63 In Fees/$32,231.23 In Costs Is SLAPP Recovery To Wynn Opponent. After defendant James Chanos won a SLAPP motion against well-known resort developer Steve Wynn/Wynn Resorts, he moved to recoup $538,043 in attorney’s fees and $52,656.23 in costs. U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick of the Northern District of California allowed $390,149.63 in

In The News . . . . Northern California Judge Rules Ellen Pao Must Pay For $275,000 Of Reddit’s Fees/Expenses After Losing Jury Trial For Sexual Bias/Retaliation

In The News

June 19, 2015

Reddit’s Attorneys Had Sought Close To $1 Million In Fees. Reddit’s former CEO Ellen Pao lost a sexual bias/retaliation jury trial, with the Kleiner Perkins firm successfully defending then seeking reimbursement of nearly $1 million in fees/expenses. Recently, San Francisco County Superior Court Harold Kahn awarded Reddit $275,000 in fees (most of which