COVID-19, PAGA, And ADA Suits Cited, With Report Finding That Each California Resident Pays A “Tort Tax” Of Over $574 Per Person. Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (CALA), based on a recent 2021 report by John Durham & Associates entitled “The Impact of Tort Costs and the Potential Economic Benefits of Tort Reform in California,” […]
Federal District Judge Said Expenses Already Reimbursed And Attorney Does Not Get Fees For Work After He Was Fired. As reported by Debra Cassens Weiss in the April 15, 2021 on-line ABA Journal, a federal district judge in In re General Motors LLC Ignition Switch Litig., Case No. 17-CV-9353 (JMF) (Apr. 13, 2021 order)
Earlier, She Was Ordered To Pay $2,625 In Fees To A Third Prevailing Defendant. Carlsbad Councilwoman Cori Schumacher, a former surfing champion, brought a civil harassment claim against Anthony Bona, Noel Breen, and Larry Posner for their outspoken criticism of her on social media. Unfortunately, her petition was dismissed as to Mr. Posner in
The Math Did Not Add Up. As reported recently in the on-line version of the ABA Journal, a BigLaw partner in Massachusetts was suspended for 2 years after the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court found that she had added about $216,000 in fictional billings while at Saul Ewing, even though she did excellent work. The
Recent Orange County Register Article Reports What Happened. In a March 21, 2021 article by Roxana Kopetman in The Orange County Register (you can access the online version here), there is a report of the attorney’s fees expended in various disputes between the Orange County Board of Education and School Superintendent Al Mijares, many
They Should Have Revealed That An Almost Identical Motion Was Made And Denied Before. As recently reported in the on-line ABA Journal, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Texas Alliance for Retired Americans v. Hughs, No. 20-40643 (5th Cir. Mar. 11, 2021) (per curiam, 2-1 vote) issued sanctions against defendant’s attorney in a
For 2021, Net Income For Firms Still Predicted To Go Up. Although the COVID-19 pandemic certainly has affected the U.S. law industry, some recent reports suggest that its impact was not as bad as feared, according to some articles on the February 3, 2021 on-line edition of the ABA Journal. U.S. law firms
Of Course, We Are High-Minded And Therefore Only Interested In The Potential Legal Issues . . . On January 13, 2021, journalists Philip Rucker, Josh Dawsey and Ashley Parker of the Washington Post, reported that outgoing President Donald Trump has instructed his aides not to pay Rudy Giuliani's legal fees. Specifically, they write: "Trump
Proposition 65; Lemon Law; PAGA; Privacy Act; ADA; and Public Nuisance Issues Abounded. The American Tort Reform Foundation published its 2020-2021 “Judicial Hellholes” report, traditionally reporting the jurisdictions where businesses should fear having to be subject to as far as venue from a plaintiff’s perspective. California actually slipped to #3, below Philadelphia/Pennsylvania and
$44,800 In Fees Requested, But Symbolic Victory Only Entitled A Nominal Fee Award—This Was Not A Federal Case; “Don’t Make A Federal Case Out Of That.” An attorney got into an altercation at a police headquarters when attempting to serve a lawsuit. The police’s office for receipt for service was closed, and two officers
