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       In a fiery resignation speech peppered with terms like “lynch mob,” San Diego mayor Bob Filner relented, agreeing to resign in return for some protection in a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by former aide Irene McCormack Jackson. San Diego’s City Council agreed to pay $98,000 of a past receivable to Mr. Filner’s defense […]

       Tony Saavedra, in an August 19, 2013 article in The Orange County Register, reports that the City of Long Beach has settled a suit brought by female firefighters claiming they had to change in hallways and use portable toilets outside the station because the city refused to provide them with their own facilities.

  Seventh Circuit Finds Insurer In Derivative Case Owed Policyholder Reimbursement For Fee Multiplier in Fee Award.      In Caroline Cas. Ins. Co. v. Merge Healthcare Solutions, Inc., the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that an insurer reimbursing a policyholder for a paid fee award in a shareholder derivative lawsuit had to reimburse not

  Average Hours Fell, Expenses Increased, But Equity Partner Capital Rose A Little.      Above:  Iron deficiency anemia blood.  Dr. Graham Beards, author.  Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.      According to a Wells Fargo survey of 120 U.S. law firms from the first half of this year, law firms are seeing sluggish/anemic growth.

       We thank our friends at the National Association of Legal Fee Analysis (NALFA) for the following August 5 and 8, 2013 posts on its Attorney Fees Blog website. List of Largest U.S. Securities Class Action Settlement.      In an August 5, 2013 post, NALFA lists these as the biggest pre-2013 class action fee

Oral Reprimand      This falls in the “you can’t this stuff up” category, as reported by Martha Nell in an August 1, 2013 post in the on-line version of The ABA Journal.      A suburban Philadelphia lawyer had his license suspended by the Pennsylvania State Bar for 1 year. Doesn’t sound that remarkable. Reason? He

  California Federal Filing Dip Bucks National Trend Otherwise.      According to the Federal Judicial Center, federal wage/hour lawsuit filings–which have steadily increased on a nationwide basis in the last few years–actually are down in California almost 50% in 2013 so far. Some legal experts have opined that the filings are down due to (1)

  . . . And What Percentage Goes to Attorney’s Fees and Costs.      For you readers that are involved in Proposition 65 settlements, we commend you to Bruce Nye’s July 16, 2013 post at his Cal Biz Lit blog.      He reports that historically for the past few years, attorney’s fees and costs constitute

  NBC Poll Shows Public Sentiment Is Against This Request.      As reported July 30, 2013 by the San Diego Channel 7 (NBC) blog, San Diego mayor Bob Filner has asked the City to cover his legal fees for a sexual harassment suit brought by former employees (with Gloria Allred being the attorney who is