Contempt Citation Issued For Failing to File Suit Before Same Judge. As reported to Martha Neil in her article “Billionaire Stanford & His Lawyers Held in Contempt Over Legal Fees Suit” as published on December 16, 2009 on the ABA Website, U.S. District Judge David Godbey issued a contempt citation against billionaire/defendant R. Allen […]
District Judge Selna Does Not Find Chad Farnan’s Lawsuit to be Baseless or Vexatious in Nature. On November 11, 2009, we reported that U.S. District Judge James Selna had issued a tentative ruling to deny an award of attorney’s fees to the defense teams for San Juan Capistrano high school teacher James Corbett in
AIG-Hank Greenberg Fee Battle. AIG has announced that it has settled long-standing legal disputes with its former chairman, Maurice “Hank” Greenberg. The parties have also agreed to release each other from all claims, including Mr. Greenberg’s claims against AIG for payments of future legal fees and expenses. The settlement also covers AIG’s former CFO
California’s MICRA Reforms Figure Into National Debate on Health Care Issues. Dan Walters, a columnist with The Sacramento Bee, has penned an interesting column for the November 29, 2009 edition indicating how attorney’s fees may play a role in the national health care debate going on in Congress right now. His article is
Orange County Register So Reports In Recent Article. As reported by Cindy Carcamo in her article “Records detail nudity fight” in the November 27, 2009 edition of The Orange County Register, state officials (mainly from the California Department of Parks and Recreation) spent more than $42,000 in attorney’s fees battling a group of nudists
U.S. District Judge Guilford’s Ruling Puts Fee Recovery in Doubt. As reported in two articles in today’s The Orange County Register (Larry Welborn’s article “Jaramillo won’t be paid by county” and Frank Mickadeit’s column “George’s lawyers: $845K or $0?”), a recent ruling by U.S. District Judge Andrew J. Guilford may mean that Mr.
Local Government Legal Spending For 2007 and 2008 Fiscal Years. As reported by Teri Sforza in the November 13, 2009 edition of The Orange County Register, California’s Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (CALA) has released its study of local government spending on litigation for the fiscal years 2007 and 2008. The study tallied money
November 9, 2009 Tentative Was to Deny $378,519 in Total Requested Fees. In our category “In the News,” we have been following the costs and fees development in the Farnan-Corbett First Amendment controversy arising out of south Orange County. Here is the next development. Earlier this week, U.S. District Judge James Selna of
Should We Add a New Category to Our Sidebar? Once again, we consider (but resist) the need to add a new category to our sidebar, “celebrities and attorney’s fees.” As reported in a November 5, 2009 update on the Daily News Wire Services, Academy Award-winning actor John Voight as well as Hank and
Plaintiffs’ Attorneys Stand To Be Awarded One-Third of Final Recovery Up to An Estimated $28 Million Ceiling. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, recently won approval of a settlement of over 30 federal lawsuits alleging the retailer did not pay all required wages to workers. The settlement, which was blessed on November 2,
