In The News

  Substantial Fee Award Sought In $3.4 Billion Class Action Settlement.      As reported in a February 2, 2011 post in law.com by Mike Scarcella, Washington lawyer Dennis Gingold and Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, who settled a class action alleging the government mismanaged billions of dollars held in trust flowing from the use of Indian […]

Orange County Superior Court Awards Are Being Appealed to Fourth District, Division 3.      As reported by Erika I. Ritchie in an article in the February 2, 2011 edition of The Orange County Register, Lake Forest BodyCentre–a massage parlor shut down by the City of Lake Forest–was hit with certain adverse awards in favor of

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

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