Evanston Insurance Co./Markel Corp. Lose Two Summary Judgment Motions in January 27, 2012 Pair of Rulings. In this on-going litigation saga, Evanston Insurance Company and its parent corporation, Markel Corp. lost summary judgment motions on insurance coverage issues relating to their potential responsibility to MGA Entertainment Inc. in the case it won against […]
City Has Spent a Total of $1.05 Million on All Leal Expenses from July- November 2011, Almost $400,000 On Outsourcing Litigation. Sean Greene, in a January 30, 2012 article in The Orange County Register, has reported that the City of Costa Mesa’s total legal expenses for July-November 2011 tallied nearly $1.05 million. More
Big Chunk of Settlement Went to Attorney’s Fees for Winning Plaintiff. As reported by Tony Saavedra in an article in the January 26, 2012 Orange County Register, Orange County has paid $375,000 to end a federal lawsuit alleging that sheriff’s deputies arrested the wrong man, ordered him to strip naked, and beat him
Plaintiffs’ Contingency Arrangement Was Valid and They Breached It. Here is an interesting one from a January 30, 2012 post in the Texas Lawyer. Thee Dallas firms — Lisal Blue of Baron and Blue; Charla G. Aldous of the Aldous Law Firm; and Stephen F. Malouf of the Law Offices of Stephen
They Are Catching On, Along With Client Requests for Discounts. Co-contributor Mike, who is a member of the American Bar Association, found an interesting article by Debra Cassens Weiss dated January 17, 2012 in the ABA Journal Weekly Newsletter, where she summarized a recent American Lawyer report on alternative fee arrangements this way:
U.S. Magistrate Judge’s Recommendations Has Some Nice “Fees on Fees” Hints. In a January 13, 2012 post of the Courthouse News Service, we are informed that U.S. District Judge Jack Weinstein accepted U.S. Magistrate Judge Roanne L. Mann’s recommendation that a civil rights plaintiff should be awarded $80,000 in attorney’s fees for prevailing
Attorney Lien “Penalty” Provision Also Invalidated. As reported by both the American Bar Association Journal and Buffalo News in January 10, 2012 posts, New York Supreme Court Justice John A. Michalek voided two provisions in a retainer agreement apparently designed to encourage clients from following an exiting attorney to another legal firm. The
Case Deemed Exceptional for Fee Award and Expert Fees/Costs Were Within Inherent Sanctioning Power of District Court. In MarcTec LLC v. Johnson & Johnson and Cordis Corp., Case No. 2010-1285 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 3, 2012), the Federal Circuit affirmed a Sourthern District of Illinois district judge’s rulings by which a $3,873,865.01 attorney’s fees
Cool Response to Fee Request in Cell Phone Radiation Case As reported by Bob Egelko in a recent post at sfgate.com (home of the San Francisco Chronicle), CTIA-The Wireless Association–after earlier partially prevailing in a suit to narrow San Francisco’s novel law requiring cell phone dealers to warn about possible radiation dangers–was not successful
Simons Garner $122,000 Fee Award After Winning Employment Litigation Brought By Nanny and Chauffer. As reported by an AP release of December 28, 2011 in The Sacramento Bee, nanny Claudia Leite and chauffer Robert Young (formers, we would surmise) lost their employment discrimination/wage-hour suit against Indiana Pacers owner Herb Simon and his wife.
