In The News

Redondo Beach Not Pleased With Fee Award.      As reported in our October 28, 2010 “In the News” post, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Robert O’Brien awarded Building a Better Redondo $313,000 in attorney’s fees for successful efforts in getting Measure G on the recent elections ballot, with the award being assessed against Redondo […]

Building a Better Redondo Awarded $313,000 in Private Attorney General Fees.      In our October 12, 2010 “In the News” post, we talked about Building a Better Redondo seeking a substantial fee award against the City of Redondo Beach for successfully getting Measure G on the upcoming November 2 ballot. Building a Better Redondo then

                         Above:  Final Duel in For a Few Dollars More.      See David Lee’s article, “$243,000 Fee Award in Texas Holster Protest,” October 18, 2010, Courthouse News Service, for more on this Texas tale.

MiraCosta College Trustee Questions Basis for Fee Request Given Attorney’s Client’s Position in the Lawsuit.      As reported by Paul Sisson in an October 13, 2010 post in The North County (San Diego) Times, an attorney who successfully challenged on behalf of Carlsbad resident Leon Page a $1.6 million settlement between MiraCosta College and its

Zurich Financial Agrees to Class Action Settlement—With $90 Million Going to the Attorneys, Potentially.      As reported by Carolyn Bandel in an October 7, 2010 post at Bloomberg’s businessweek.com, Zurich Financial Services, AG, Switzerland’s largest insurer, has agreed to settle a class action pending in Los Angeles County Superior Court for $455 million, with a

That Compares to $399,763.34 Spent in All of 2005      As reported by Brittany Levine in an article in the October 12, 2010 online edition of The Orange County Register, San Juan Capistrano has paid the law firm of Woodruff, Spradlin & Smart a total of $978,508.53 for 2010 through September of this year. (If

Expense Award Follows on the Heels of Nearly $7 Million Adverse Jury Verdict.      As reported by Vik Jolly in a September 27, 2010 article in The Orange County Register, San Juan Capistrano must be reeling from a recent adverse jury verdict and subsequent litigation expenses award stemming from a lawsuit it lost against the