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In The News . . . Manhattan Civil Judge Awards No Fees To Well-Known Firm Seeking $126,000 In Fees In A Case To Recoup A $6,400 Security Deposit/Treble Damages From A Landlord

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  Aside from Hefty Request, Law Firm’s Admission of Doing as a Favor For Good Will Was Weighted.      Mayer Brown LLP sought to recover $126,026.88 in attorney’s fees for tenants after having succeeded by default in a claim against a landlord for return of a $6,400 security deposit. (Yes, you have heard the request […]

News . . . Anaheim Agrees To Settle Voting Rights Case Through Voter Charter Amendment Protocol And Pay Plaintiff’s Fees Upon An Agreed-On Or Upon A Fee Motion If Parties Cannot Agree

Cases: Civil Rights, In The News

We Link the Settlement Agreement Because It Has Interesting Provisions.      As reported in the January 26, 2014 edition of The Orange County Register, City of Anaheim—after spending more than $1.26 million in fees—decided to settle a challenge over minority voting rights in a way that allows voters to consider a charter amendment potentially altering

In The News . . . Callahan & Blaine Reportedly Receives $6.2 Million In Fees In Class Action Against U-T San Diego Newspaper Over Independent Contractor Versus Employee Issue

Cases: Class Actions, In The News

       As reported in he January 23, 2014 edition of The Orange County Register, well-known trial attorney Daniel J. Callahan of Callahan & Blaine, who headed a $30 million earlier settlement for carriers obtained from Freedom (together with significant fees) in Orange County Superior Court, has won a $10 million judgment against U-T San

Class Actions/In The News: New York District Judge Approves $544.8 Million Fee Award In Visa/MasterCard Antitrust Merchant Class Action

Cases: Class Actions, Cases: Lodestar, Cases: Multipliers, In The News

  Court Utilizes “Sliding Scale” Percentage of Fund Approach, Checked by Lodestar With Multiplier. The Price?  Priceless.      After approving a settlement producing a $5.7 billion settlement fund in a class action case brought by merchants against Visa, MasterCard, and several banks relating to certain interchange rates, U.S. District Judge John Gleeson then had to

Class Actions: In The News . . . . Mayer Brown Study Suggests Consumers Do Not Get Much, If Anything, In Class Actions

Cases: Class Actions, In The News

  Study Arose Out of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Review.      As reported in a December 24, 2013 article in The Wall Street Journal, Mayer Brown law firm for the Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform launched a study out of concern that an ongoing review of arbitration agreements by the new Consumer Financial

In The News . . . . California Tops ATRF’s 2013-2014 “Judicial Hellholes” List For Second Year In A Row

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  Suits Against Food Manufacturers and Suits Championing Disability Access Are Two Top Causes.      The American Tort Reform Foundation has just come out recently with its 2013-2014 List of “Judicial Hellholes,” based on its perception of abusive or questionable tort litigation.  The ATRF has rallied a coalition of generally conservative members under the rubric

In The News . . . . Apple Seeks Recovery Of Over $15.7 Million Of Attorneys’ Fees And $6.2 Million In Legal Expenses From Samsung Entities In Patent War Battle

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     Photo:  Wikipedia.  Author: Abhijit Tembhekar. Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.      Apple, Inc. hired two law firms, and paid them $62 million, in well-publicized patent litigation against Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and two Samsung affiliates, with Apple winning its case to the tune of around $930 million in damages. Now, in a request to

News . . . . Orange County Water District Has Spent $22.4 Million Of $30 Settlements Collected In Contamination Lawsuits On Legal Costs/Expert Fees/Attorney’s Fees And N.D. California District Judge Slashes Class Counsel Fee Request In Acer America

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  OCWD Tally of Legal Costs/Fees Versus Settlements.      In Teri Sforza’s December 8, 2013 article in The Orange County Register, she reports that the Orange County Water District, which was sued businesses over alleged drinking water contamination throughout the last decade, has collected about $30 million in settlements. Where did the money go? Ms.

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