In The News

  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

  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