Judge Kalin Ruled Request Can Be Renewed Later. As reported in a January 25, 2011 post by Richard Winton in the Los Angeles Times online version, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Joseph R. Kalin has rejected, for now, Mayor Oscar Hernandez’s request to have legal expenses picked up in his defense of the […]
Suffolk County Superior Court is the Venue of this Legal Dispute. In yet another interesting twist on attorney’s fees in the news, Sheri Qualters, in a January 19, 2011 post in The National Law Journal, reports that the Boston law firm of Davis, Malm & D’Agostine is suing Merrill Lynch, as successor to Banc
Riverside County Did So, Drawing Some Publicity and Fees With a Twist! As reported by Richard K. De Atley of The Press-Enterprise in a January 10, 2011 post, Riverside County apparently paid some of its defense lawyers in a suit against outgoing District Attorney Rod Pacheco through funds gained from criminally seized assets.
City Spent $55.3 Million to Fight Lawsuits During 2003-2010 Time Frame. According to a December 30, 2010 post entitled “Police Officers Are City’s Top Legal Foe” by Kelly Thornton, the San Diego Police Officers Association sued San Diego 3 times in recent years, with the City spending $8.6 million to fight the police officers
City of Irvine Dropped Its Simultaneous Challenges in Return for District’s Promise to Create a Traffic Plan Study. As reported by Elysse James in the December 27, 2010 online edition of The Orange County Register, the Irvine Unified School District has agreed to pay about $175,000 in legal fees to Responsible Land Use
Two Plaintiff Attorneys Awarded Damages of $20,400 Each. As reported by Julia Cheever of Bay City News in the online version of SFAppeal on December 21, 2010, U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker of the Northern District of California earlier had awarded two plaintiffs affiliated with an Islamic charity foundation (who happened to be attorneys)
County Spends $128,712 In Defense of Lawsuit, Which Was Decided Against It By a Jury. As reported by Teri Sforza in the December 21, 2010 edition of The Orange County Register, Orange County suffered an adverse jury verdict of $259,400 in an excessive force case brought by Toy White when sheriff deputies tried to
Criminal Defense Attorney Robert Shapiro’s Summary Judgment Bid Rejected. As reported by Adam Popescu in a December 17, 2010 online post of the Beverly Hills Courier, noted criminal defense attorney Robert Shapiro’s firm had a retainer agreement to provide legal services to now imprisoned, music producer Phil Spector. Mr. Shapiro claims that the
Law Office of Shawn A. McMillan Gets Recent Two-Fer Awards. Congratulations go out to Shawn A. McMillan and his colleagues for obtaining two recent nice fee award recoveries, one in state court and one in federal court. Fogarty-Hardwick Orange County Superior Court Case. We have posted on this one before in our October
Fee Award for Dispute Involving EIR on Cold Spring Canyon Bridge. As reported on December 15, 2010 by the Indy Staff on the Santa Barbara Independent.com, Judge Thomas Anderle tentatively awarded Friends of the Bridge attorney’s fees of $125,000 in a dispute against Caltrans involving deficiencies in a final EIR relating to Cold
