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Special Fee Shifting Statutes/In The News . . . . Beach Cities Collective Medical-Marijuana Dispensary Assessed With Attorney’s Fees Award To Go To Dana Point

July 14, 2011

“Crack House” Costs Provision is the Fee Entitlement Basis; Amount of Fee Award is $138,067.10. Well, California is well known as surfer paradise and also well known for its marijuana smoking population (residents who have or have not inhaled). In this vein, enjoy this one with us. Beach Cities Collective, a medical-marijuana […]

In The News . . . . Discovery Master Makes MGA-Mattel Fee Recommendation, American Apparel Pays Substantial Fees In Racial Slur Arbitration Award, And City Of Hemet’s 2010-2011 Fiscal Attorney’s Fees Budget Is $500,000 Over

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July 10, 2011

MGA-Mattel Fee Battle Rages On. We have posted on this before, but Amanda Bronstad’s July 6, 2011 post in The National Law Journal gives us all an important update. Discovery master Robert O’Brien recommended in the on-going MGA-Mattel Bratz Doll litigation–where MGA recovered $88.5 million after a jury trial–that MGA be paid $84.7

Arbitration/InThe News: $22 Million Base And $6 Million Fee Award Gets Vacated

Cases: Arbitration, In The News

July 3, 2011

Reason: Nondisclosure of Social Relationship Between Claimant’s Attorney and JAMS Arbitrator. As reported by a June 29, 2011 post on Thomson Reuters News & Insight, a Texas appeals court vacated a $22 million base award and $6 million fee award in favor of a claimant based on claimant’s attorney’s failure to disclose his

SLAPP/In The News . . . . Two SLAPP Victories Means Probable Attorney’s Fees To the Winners

Cases: SLAPP, In The News

June 28, 2011

Yelp!/Youch!: Plastic Surgeon Hit With $20,000 in SLAPP and $2,000 in Private Attorney General Fee Awards. As reported by Gary Klien in a June 24, 2011 post carried in MercuryNews.com, a Marin County cosmetic surgeon (Ms. Kimberly Henry of Greenbrae) was assessed $20,000 in attorney’s fees for losing a SLAPP motion brought by

In The News . . . . Burbank City Council Will Pay Fees/Costs to Newspaper Obtaining Individual Bonus Payout Information

Cases: Special Fee Shifting Statutes, In The News

June 22, 2011

California Public Records Act Provides for Fee Shifting. Under our category “Specific Fee Shifting Statutes,” we have posted on the past about the California Public Records Act, which does allow litigants the opportunity to collect attorney’s fees and court costs if prevailing on a request to obtain a release of public documents.

In The News . . . . Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe Requests To Withdraw In Representing MGA Entertainment, Inc. In New York Action

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June 4, 2011

Follows on the Heels of Requesting $129 Million in Fees For MGA in California Federal Action. As reported by Amanda Bronstad in a June 2, 2011 post at Law.com, Orrick–which represented MGA Entertainment Inc. in a California federal court case resulting in a $88.5 million jury verdict win–has filed a motion to withdraw

In The News . . . . Criminal Defense Lawyers Battling City of San Diego Over Reimbursement Of Fees Incurred By Former Pension Board Members In Dismissed State Criminal Case

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June 1, 2011

$5.4 Million in Fees At Issue. As reported in Greg Moran’s May 30, 2011 post in the on-line version of The San Diego Union-Tribune, criminal defense lawyers are battling City of San Diego to obtain reimbursement of $5.4 million in fees incurred in defending six former members of the San Diego pension board

In The News . . . . Dusseldorf, Germany Appeals Court Issues A Decision Telling Attorneys/Litigants “Thou Shalt Not Lie”

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May 29, 2011

Value of Litigation Estimates Cannot Be Understated, Denying Public Fisc Its Due. Finally, as we wish our readers a Happy Memorial Day break (and our deep tribute to our troops and past veterans either living or deceased/their families), an interesting news tidbit drew our interest to the title of a recent decision by the

In The News . . . . Late Breaking Update on MGA Entertainment-Mattel Bratz Doll Fee/Costs Motion

In The News

May 24, 2011

Postponed Until May 25, 2011 As we reported to our readers over the weekend, MGA Entertainment is seeking substantial fees and costs from Mattel based on its recent jury trial win in federal court, Bryant v. Mattel, Case No. 04-09049 (C.D.Cal.). Although Mattel is seeking to overturn the jury verdict, it has now

In The News . . . . Caltrain and California High-Speed Rail Authority Clash On Who Owes What On Fees

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May 23, 2011

May Not Be That Significant, But Rift Is There. As reported by Will Reisman in his May 22, 2011 post on the on-line version of The San Francisco Examiner, Caltrain and the California High-Speed Rail Authority are not simpatico on “splitting” certain attorney’s fees racked up by Caltrain. There seems to be