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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.

In The News . . . . U.S. House Of Representative Okays “Patent Troll” Restriction Bill And 39% Of Law Firm Leaders Predict Flat/Decreased Profits For 2013

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  “Patent Trolls” Legislation Passes House.      As reported by a December 6, 2013 article in The Orange County Register, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Innovation Act having restrictions against “patent trolls,” patent assertion entitles who do not manufacture inventions but sue putative defendant infringer targets. Among other things, the bill modifies the

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