$3,000 In Fee Awarded to Prevailing Plaintiff; HOA’s Insurance Is Paying Candidate’s Legal Bills. As reported in an August 17, 2014 article in The Orange County Register, the Quail Hill HOA is in quite a struggle with the Barracudas, one of 20 teams in the Irvine Swim League using the neighborhood swimming pool […]
Hourly Rates Lowered, Excessive Time Discounted, and Multiplier Reduced. In St. Louis Police Retirement Systems v. Severson, Case No. 4:12-cv-05086-YGR (N.D. Cal. Aug. 11, 2014) (Doc. No. 127), U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers confronted Plaintiffs’ request for recoupment of attorney’s fees and costs following a settlement in a derivative action against Abaxis,
MDL Common Benefit Fee Article. U.S. District Judge Eldon E. Fallon (E.D. La.) has written an article, “Common Benefit Fees in Multidistrict Litigation,” published at 74 La. Law Rev. 371-389 (Winter 2014). In it, this jurist talks about the approaches adopted by MDL transferee courts in establishing procedures to compensate members of plaintiff
If We Read Them Right, A Big Portion Went to Attorney’s Fees/Costs. We give a HAT TIP to Bruce Nye, a seasoned litigator who has been doing a very entertaining, informative blog called “Cal Biz Lit” for a number of years. We thank him for summarizing the 2013 settlement numbers for Proposition 65
Sky Analytics Conducts Groundbreaking Study. We thank our friends at NALFA for a recent post on a groundbreaking study which we now share with you. Sky Analytics, a provider of legal spend management software for corporate legal departments, recently issued a gender study based on actual billings from law firms, available for
Bank of America recently reported that 2014 second-quarter earnings were impacted adversely by $4 billion in litigation costs crimping earnings by 22 cents a share. Almost all of these expenses were related to existing mortgage issues that had been previously disclosed, according to B of A. BLAWG BONUS: "A billion here, a
The Orange County Register’s “Celebrity Watch” reports that U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest ordered figure skater Oksana Baiul to pay at least $35,000 in legal fees to NBC Universal Media and NBC Sports Network for bringing a frivolous suit last year. The district judge indicated Ms. Baiul made “wild claims” for tens of
Damages Could Be $675 Million Or More; NFL Agrees To Pay And Not Contest $112.5 Million In Fees/Costs To Class Counsel. On July 7, 2014, U.S. District Judge Anita B. Brody gave preliminary approval to a settlement in In re NFL Player’s Concussion Injury Litig., No. 2:12-md-02323-AB (E.D. Pa. July 7, 2014, Doc.
We Tell You Below. Based on an article in the June 30, 2014 edition of the Orange County Business Journal, the average cost to take a patent litigation through trial exceeds $4 million!
Patent Trolls First. Although patent troll legislation has stalled for now in Congress, the dual U.S. Supreme Court decisions in Octane Fitness, LLC v. Icon Health & Fitness, Inc., 134 S.Ct. 1749 (2014) and Highmark, Inc. v. Allcare Health Mgmt. Sys., Inc., 134 S.Ct. 1744 (2014) may have given some impetus to defendants
