Mattel Will Post Big Bond, But Not What MGA Wants. In this continuing saga where MGA won substantial compensatory/punitive damages and attorney’s fees/costs against Mattel, the current issue centers on the appellate undertaking to be posted by Mattel while it appeals to the Ninth Circuit. As recently reported by Amanda Bronstad in The […]
United States District Court of Nevada Follows Monty Python and the Holy Grail as Precedent In Monty Python and The Holy Grail, the bridge troll who is the keeper of the Bridge of Death is cast into the Gorge of Eternal Peril when he fails to answer his own riddle. Boing Boing’s co-editor, Cory
Bratz Doll Maker Colliding with O’Melveny & Myers in L.A. State Court. As reported by Amanda Bronstad in an August 1, 2011 post at The National Law Journal, O’Melveny & Myers has sued its former client MGA Entertainment Inc., the eventual winner in a federal lawsuit against Mattel over the Bratz doll. O’Melveny
African American Farmers Class Action Settlement Fee Request. As posted by Mike Scarcella on August 9, 2011 at The Blog of Legal Times, class action lawyers representing a class of African American farmers in a loan discrimination suit against the Government are requesting $90.8 million in fees, the maximum allowed under the terms
Decision Came Down On August 5, 2011. If you follow our “In the News” category, you know we have been following the attorney’s fees requests made by MGA Entertainment Inc., maker of Bratz dolls, against Mattel Inc. after it won a trade secrets claim and successfully defended Mattel’s copyright infringement claim in federal
Guess Which Agency Suffered the Adverse Award . . . As reported by Kiran Khalid in an August 1, 2011 post at cnn.com, a Southern District of New York federal district judge awarded the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) some attorney’s fees in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case. Well, you say, that
California Public Records Act Is Basis For The Request As reported by David Danelski in a July 21, 2011 post at the online version of The Press-Enterprise, this newspaper has filed court papers to recoup $46,684.04 in attorney’s fees and costs under the California Public Records Act. The newspaper successfully prevailed on a year-long
Schwarzenegger-Shriver Divorce Heats Up. In a July 21, 2011 post by Jill Stewart at laweekly.com, Arnold Schwarzenegger, in recently filed dissolution papers, has balked at paying any divorce attorney’s fees to Maria Shriver. His attorney indicated that both sides should pay for their own attorney’s fees in the pending dissolution action. San Bernardino
Reason: Legal Expenses; Some Are Regulating and Some Are Litigating Bans. As reported by Deepa Bharath in an article in the July 21, 2011 edition of The Orange County Register, Garden Grove has chosen to regulate rather than ban medical-marijuana dispensaries. The reason? It spent about $219,000 in a four-year court battle over
. . . Counting Its Lawyer Expenses And Costs Of Reimbursing Winning Litigant’s Attorneys. As reported by Brad Branan in a July 18, 2011 post at the online version of The Sacramento Bee, the Sacramento County Employees’ Retirement System should not be happy with the amount of legal expenses it spent in fighting California
