In The News

$9,963,000 Fee Award Approved in Recent Avacor Class Action Settlement.      As reported by plaintiffs’ lead trial counsel Scott A. Bursor, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Robert B. Freedman, on September 16, 2010, approved a $30 million class action settlement in a case involving false advertisement claims with respect to the Avacor hair regrowth system. […]

  Statistics Confirmed in Recent Orange County Register "Opinion" Piece.      As reported by Lawrence McQuillan and John R. Graham in a piece in the "Opinion" section of the September 8, 2010 The Orange County Register, doctors prevail in 90% of cases that go to trial, but the average defense cost per trial approaches $100,000

$1.2-1.8 Million Fee Request Not Honored Against Madera Unified School District.      In our November 16, 2009 “In the News” post, we discussed lawsuits being pressed under the California Voting Rights Act for shutting out minority participation in school district elections. School districts either had to pay or were potentially billed for millions of dollars

  Includes Fees on Related Suit filed by Winslow’s Former Assistant Coach.      As reported by Cheri Carlson and Jean Cowden Moore in an August 14, 2010 posted article on vcstar.com (Ventura County Star), VCCCD has spent the sums referenced in our “In the News” title in its probe of Greg Winslow, former Ventura College

Developer to Pay Sierra Club’s Fees in Dispute over City of Lakeport Project.      As reported by Denise Rockenstein in an August 17, 2010 post on RecordBee.com, developer Cristallago will pay the attorney’s fees incurred by the Sierra Club in a settlement approved in relation to a mixed-use resort community project located near City of

State Board Had Exclusive Jurisdiction Over the Matter, Leading to Fee Award Against County.      As reported by Joe Nelson in an August 10, 2010 post entitled “County to appeal judge’s decision on paying attorney’s fees” San Bernardino County has decided to appeal an adverse attorney’s fees order of more than $51,000 against it.     

Again Illustrating that Attorney’s Fees are the Tail that Wags the Litigation Dog . . .      Under the heading, “Pleasanton reaches settlement over housing cap lawsuit”, Robert Jordan reports in the Contra Costa Times that Pleasanton has reached a tentative settlement that will, if finalized and approved, obligate Pleasanton to pay $1.9M in attorney’s

Beach Boys Ninth Circuit Memorandum Affirmance.      Well, on this one, founding Beach Boy Mike Love appealed an award of attorney’s fees to Sanctuary Records Group after he lost a right to publicity dispute governed by English law that does not recognize such a right. In Love v. Sanctuary Records Group, Ltd., Case Nos. 08-55035/08-55973