Motion Has Been Filed And Unsealed, With Opposition Due In The Future. Just to show you how civil discovery is a financially draining part of litigation and is also the source of substantial sanctions motion for delay, one only needs to look at a motion filed by Plaintiffs in a privacy class action against […]
A Recent Study By CABIA So Concludes. Under the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), prevailing plaintiffs can obtain attorney’s fees for success on certain employment and workplace claims. As reported in an OpEd article “Help business recovery, end PAGA” written by Ken Monroe in the July 18, 2021 edition of The Orange County Register,
A Recent Study By CABIA So Concludes. Under the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), prevailing plaintiffs can obtain attorney’s fees for success on certain employment and workplace claims. As reported in an OpEd article “Help business recovery, end PAGA” written by Ken Monroe in the July 18, 2021 edition of The Orange County Register,
SLAPP Fee/Costs Request Was Reasonable, Rejecting That Under $30,000 Should Be Awarded. On May 27, 2021, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge ruled that Rep. Maxine Waters should be awarded $53,590 in attorney’s fees and costs under a mandatory SLAPP fee-shifting provision for SLAPP-ing a defamation action brought against her by political foe
First Amendment Won Out In This One. According to an article in the May 20, 2021 issue of The Orange County Register (online version here), Fullerton City’s Council last week voted to settle a lawsuit it filed against two bloggers for publishing certain information which the City claimed was stolen (later found out not
Much Of That Overhead Was Law Firm And Claim Administration Expenses. In a May 7, 2021 article in The Orange County Register, KQED News has reported that 90% the funds from a trust set up to compensate victims in the Camp/Paradise fires, in its first year of operations, was spent on overhead, including attorneys,
COVID-19, PAGA, And ADA Suits Cited, With Report Finding That Each California Resident Pays A “Tort Tax” Of Over $574 Per Person. Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (CALA), based on a recent 2021 report by John Durham & Associates entitled “The Impact of Tort Costs and the Potential Economic Benefits of Tort Reform in California,”
Federal District Judge Said Expenses Already Reimbursed And Attorney Does Not Get Fees For Work After He Was Fired. As reported by Debra Cassens Weiss in the April 15, 2021 on-line ABA Journal, a federal district judge in In re General Motors LLC Ignition Switch Litig., Case No. 17-CV-9353 (JMF) (Apr. 13, 2021 order)
Earlier, She Was Ordered To Pay $2,625 In Fees To A Third Prevailing Defendant. Carlsbad Councilwoman Cori Schumacher, a former surfing champion, brought a civil harassment claim against Anthony Bona, Noel Breen, and Larry Posner for their outspoken criticism of her on social media. Unfortunately, her petition was dismissed as to Mr. Posner in
The Math Did Not Add Up. As reported recently in the on-line version of the ABA Journal, a BigLaw partner in Massachusetts was suspended for 2 years after the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court found that she had added about $216,000 in fictional billings while at Saul Ewing, even though she did excellent work. The
