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In The News . . . . Ahhrnold Does Not Want To Pay Maria’s Divorce Fees, San Bernardino Director Wins Fees In Discrimination Suit, and New Study Shows That Barely Half of Attorney’s Fees In Forest Service Cases Go To Environmental Groups

July 26, 2011

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 […]

In The News . . . . Garden Grove Chooses To Regulate Rather Than Ban Medical-Marijuana Dispensaries

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July 21, 2011

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

In The News . . . . California Public Records Act Dispute In Sacramento Costs Sacto County’s Retirement System Over $300,000 In Legal Expenses

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July 19, 2011

. . . 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

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

Cases: Special Fee Shifting Statutes, In The News

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