In The News

  USCCA Has Gun Self-Defense Insurance.      Since the right to bear arms has seemingly gotten more constitutional/political oomph lately, we saw an interesting report that United Stated Concealed Carry Association (USCCA), an organization devoted to armed citizens who have decided to conceal and carry guns, has created a unique concealed carry insurance-backed membership benefit. […]

  $1 Million of Proposed Appropriation Are Court-Ordered Fees to Winner in Violent Video Game Litigation.      As reported in a January 31, 2012 post in The Sacramento Bee, the California State Assembly has approved Senate Bill 730, which in turn proposes payment of $13 million in settlements and court-ordered attorney’s fees in legal disputes

  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

  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

  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