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In The News . . . . 2014 HBR Consulting Corporate Law Department Survey Shows Spending Up For In-House Counsel Worldwide During 2012-2013

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  However, Spending On Outside Counsel Went Down 2% Worldwide.      HBR Consulting, a legal business operations and technology consultancy, recently has issued its 2014 Corporate Law Department survey of 292 in-house legal departments (many of which are Fortune 500 companies).      The results show that, for 2012-2013 on a worldwide basis, legal spending was […]

In The News . . . . U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh Provides A Roadmap For Recoverable Costs In Patent Infringement/Complex Federal Cases

Cases: Costs, In The News

Videotape Deposition Copies, E-Discovery Expenses, and Interpreter Expenses Discussed.      U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh, in Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Case No. 11-CV-01846-LHK (N.D. Cal. Sept. 19, 2014, Doc. 3193), ruled on Apple’s request for an award of “routine” costs—although the request was substantial—in the patent infringement litigation against Samsung involving smartphones

In The News . . . . Easton Area School District Agrees To Pay $385,000 In Fees In “I (Heart) Boobies!” Case

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  Protected Speech Case Finally Gets Resolved.      Easton Area School District, which is in the Lehigh Valley area of Pennsylvania, has agreed to pay the ACLU, attorneys for plaintiff students, $385,000 in fees for successfully upholding students’ rights to wear “I (heart) Boobies!” bracelets to promote breast-cancer awareness. District claimed they were lewd, but

In The News . . . . Third Circuit Affirms Nutella Class Action Attorneys Fees Spread Not Too Thick

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  Fee Recovery of $1,125,000 – Less Than Requested – Survived Objector Challenges, Where Fees Based on Percentage of Recovery (Common Fund) and Independent Injunctive Relief Payment By Defendant.       Above:  Ein Glas Nutella-Nussnougatcreme.  Creator:  Rainer Zenz at de.wikipedia.  Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Germany license.             The Third Circuit Court of Appeals, in

In The News . . . . Email Deleting Lawyer Hit With $366,099.81 In Sanctions By S.D.N.Y. District Judge, New Jersey Ethics Committee Rules Part-Time Municipal Judges Can Share In Extra-Venue Fees, and “Psychic Lawyer” Bills $250 An Hour

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  New York Federal Judge Hits Lawyer and Two of His Businesses With Sanctions In Regulatory Fundamentals Group Case.      On September 24, 2014, U.S. District Judge Katherine B. Forrest (S.D.N.Y.) imposed an attorney and two of his businesses to pay $366,100 in attorney’s fees and expenses to plaintiff Regulatory Fundamentals Group LLC, an investor

In The News . . . . N.D. Cal. District Judge Approves $5.175 Million Fee Award In ADA Class Action

Cases: Civil Rights, Cases: Class Actions, In The News

  Settlement Involved ADA Compliance Relief, No Monetary Benefits to ADA Patrons.      Wheelchair ramp at Minneapolis Federal Building.  Carol M. Highsmith, photographer.  2012.  Library of Congress.      Moeller v. Taco Bell Corp., Case No. 4:02-cv-05849-PJH (N.D. Cal.) is a long-running ADA class action brought against Taco Bell, with the case alleging scooter-bound and wheelchair-bound

In The News . . . . N.D. Cal. Magistrate Judge Does Not Alter $2 Million Sanctions Award Against Quinn Emanuel And Samsung

Cases: Sanctions, In The News

  Postscript to Our June 25, 2014 Post.      On June 25, 2014, we posted on U.S. Magistrate Judge (N.D. Cal.) Paul Grewal’s $2 million sanctions award against Quinn Emanuel and Samsung for alleged disclosure of protected documents in the Apple smartphone litigation, payable to Nokia and Apple. Although a reconsideration motion was brought, Magistrate

In The News . . . . Village Of Garden City Gets Deferral On Fee Motion Hearing And Circuit Judge Posner Reverses/Remands RadioShack Coupon Settlement

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  Appeal on Merits by Garden City Might Moot Fee Motion, With Federal District Judge Deferring the Issue Until Later.      In Mhany Management v. Incorporated Village of Garden City, Case No. 05-cv-2301 (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 11, 2014), the Village of Garden City (on Long Island, N.Y.) was found liable for fair housing discrimination under certain

In The News/Sanctions . . . . Boies Schiller Law Firm Sanctioned About $271,000 In Sanctions For Conflict-Of-Interest Representation

Cases: Sanctions, In The News

  Federal Judge Orders Money Paid to Prevailing Adversary Defendant, Reducing Requested Fees By About 34%.      In mid-August 2014, U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon, in Madison 92nd Street Associates v. Courtyard Mgt. Corp., Case No. 13 Civ. 291 (S.D.N.Y.), sanctioned well-known firm Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP—dubbed as one of the top four “most

Indemnity/Intellectual Property/News: 3rd Circuit Reverses SJ Requiring Advancement Of Fees To Programmer Finding “Officer” Indemnity Language Ambiguous And District Judge Denies Linex’s Request To Defer Fee Ruling Under Patent Statute

Cases: Indemnity, Cases: Intellectual Property, In The News

Third Circuit Finds “Officer” Language To Be Ambiguous.      In Aleynikov v. The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., No. 13-4237 (3d Cir. Sept. 3, 2014) (precedential), a Goldman Sachs computer programmer with the title of “vice president” obtained a summary judgment ruling requiring Goldman Sachs to advance him attorney’s fees incurred in his defense of certain

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