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In The News . . . . Western District Missouri District Judge Indicates Intention To Award Fees Against American Disabilities Act Plaintiff And In Favor Of 12 Businesses For Groundless Suits, And Governor Brown Signs ADA Shakedown Prevention Legislation In

Cases: Civil Rights, In The News

       In a recent order, U.S. District Judge Richard Dorr of the Western District of Missouri ordered American Disabilities Act “serial” plaintiff Connie Stevenson to pay 12 defendants attorney’s fees according to future proof based on her filing 12 groundless complaints against different businesses. District Judge Dorr found she did not have standing based […]

In The News . . . . Three Surveys Results On 2012 First Year Attorney Salaries, Average Partner/Corporate Attorney Compensation, And Average Lawyer Salaries From Around The Globe

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  NALP Survey Results on First Year Lawyer Compensation.      As reported by Debra Cassens Weiss in a September 20, 2012 post in the on-line version of the American Bar Association Journal, NALP (the Association for Legal Career Professionals) has published survey results of 570 U.S. law firms about the average compensation for first year

In The News . . . . Plaintiff Class Action Attorneys In Federal Avandia Multidistrict Litigation Seek Approval Of $143.75 Million In Attorney’s Fees/Costs

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       As reported by Amaris Elliott-Engel in a September 21, 2012 post at Corporate Counsel, over 150 lawyers from 50 plaintiff law firms are seeking court approval of disbursing up to $143,75 million in attorney’s fees and costs based upon the “common benefit” doctrine in the federal Avandia multidistrict litigation, where 65,000 claims have

In The News/Discovery . . . . Duking It Out In District Court: Boxer Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Ordered To Pay $113,518.50 In Fees To Boxer Emmanuel Pacquiao As Discovery Sanctions For Failing To Attend A Deposition

Cases: Lodestar, In The News

  Lodestar for National Firm Lawyers Representing Athletes Concededly May Be Higher In Nature and Justification.      We can report that U.S. District Judge Larry R. Hicks of the District of Nevada has filed an interesting discovery sanctions order involving attorney’s fees in Pacquiao v. Mayweather, Case No. 2:09-cv-2448-LRH-RJJ (Doc. 240, filed 9/17/12).      In

In The News . . . . Stockton Bankruptcy Getting Pricey And Monrovia Spends $215,000 In Fees/Costs In Unsuccessfully Defending Food Truck Ban

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  Stockton Bankruptcy Case Expected to Clock in at $4.9 Million in Attorney’s Fees To Attorneys Representing City in Chapter 9 Bankruptcy Case.      Scott Smith, in a September 7, 2012 post at Recordnet.com, informs us that Stockton officials expect its Chapter 9 bankruptcy to cost $4.9 million in attorney’s fees for this year, up

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