She Vows to Appeal the Fee Denial. Third District Santa Barbara County Supervisor Doreen Farr was declared the winner over Steve Pappas, her opponent in last year’s supervisorial race, by 806 votes. Mr. Pappas filed suit to unseat Ms. Farr, but the challenge failed to disqualify allegedly fraudulent votes cast in the November 4, […]
Great Park Fee Exposure. In one of our July 1, 2009 posts, we reported on two minority director’s reversal of a trial court decision denying them an award of attorney’s fees under California’s private attorney general statute with respect to a dispute involving the Great Park Corporation (tasked with coordinating development of the “Great
Fee Hearing Now Scheduled for July 16, 2009. In our past post of June 15, 2009, we mentioned that a fee request hearing was scheduled in Orange County Superior Court on June 25, 2009 to approve a settlement between The Orange County Register and a group of newspaper carriers alleging that they were employees
Update on Transdyn/Cresci Joint Venture Settlement. On our June 16, 2009 post, we discussed a brewing settlement of a dispute between the City of San Francisco and the Transdyn/Cresci Joint Venture. City was considering a $5.9 million settlement after losing a case and facing a $13 million exposure based on a pending fee motion
Sanctions Battle Gives Insight Into Requested Rates. RealNetworks and DVD Copy Control Association (a nonprofit organization composed of certain entertainment studios) are engaged in federal litigation over RealNetworks’ software product that DVD Copy alleges to violate the Digital Millennium Copyright Act because it circumvents the content-scramble system license granted to RealNetworks by DVD
This Comes On Top of $1.2 Million Jury Verdict. Newport Beach, California police Sergeant Neil Harvey sued for sexual discrimination in a case that has likely polarized the Newport Beach Police Department and generated lots of press coverage. He won a $1.2 million jury verdict in March 2009, stemming from his claim that
City Faces Potential $13 Million Hit, But Will Consider Recommendation to Settle for $5.9 Million. City of San Francisco suffered an adverse jury verdict in a contract dispute with Transdyn Controls and Cresci Electric Inc. The jury found that the City improperly withheld $2.3 million in payments, eventually awarding damages of $3.6 million. With
