Lawsuit Claims Insurer Only Paid 25% Of Total Fees. As reported in the May 8, 2019 edition of The Orange County Register, San Juan Capistrano has sued its insurer Tokio Marine Specialty Insurance Company to recoup $1.9 million in unpaid legal fees the City incurred in reaching a settlement respecting water contamination at the […]
Filings Also Show Hourly Rates Being Claimed. As reported by NALTA in an April 2, 2019 post, four outside bankruptcy firms have requested approval of around $84 million in fees for work on Pacific Gas & Electric Company’s bankruptcy case, which was filed in January of this year. Based on its summary of public
Sanctions Paid For Fees Incurred By HOA/Condo Board Members And For Increased HOA Insurance Costs. As reported by Debra Cassens Weiss in an April 8, 2019 post on the ABA Journal (on-line version), a Cook County, Illinois (Chicago) state court judge has sanctioned a condo litigant and his attorney over $1 million in sanctions
$665,000 Is Fees/Costs Allocation To Class Counsel Allis Manufacture Company, October 1942, Female Employees Line Up To Punch Their Timecards As reported on March 27, 2019 in the on-line version of The Hollywood Reporter, Vice Media has agreed to settle a female gender pay gap class action for about $1.875 million in a Los Angeles
City Could Have Settled Early On For $32,500 Or $30,000. Our next post explores an incredible case in North Carolina involving a North Carolina couple, the Wilkes, who sued the City of Boiling Spring Lakes in inverse condemnation for raising the level of a lake and taking away about 1,200 square feet of the
This Amount Awarded Even Though District Judge Chided Them For Vitriolic Fee Requests. We can report that a Louisiana federal district judge has given approval to a $111.4 million fees/expenses award to class counsel in the Chinese Drywall MDL litigation settlement, even though chiding class attorneys for “vitriolic” fee requests. If you want to
Lack Of Exposure To Consequences Presents A Moral Hazard. The Hon. Alex Kozinski, retired from the Ninth Circuit, and now an expert on moral hazard, has written an intriguing article in today's Friday, January 25, 2019 Wall Street Journal. The article is entitled, "How a Pointless Lawsuit Took Off." The lawsuit
He Advocates “Nudges” For Efficient Litigation Given That 40% Of I/C Judges’ Cases Involve Pro-Plaintiff Prevailing Party Statutes; He Also Advocates A Meet And Confer Requirement For Motions To Tax Costs. In an interesting article by sitting Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Richard L. Fruin, Jr. in the January 8, 2019 edition of
However, These Same Departments Are Taking Steps To Assimilate More Services In-House, Including Increased Expenses On Artificial Intelligence Technology. HBR Consulting provides various surveys, including several with corporate law departments, comprised of 250 organizations participating across 22 industries (with 65% of the survey participants being in Fortune 500 companies). We can now report on
Ninth Circuit Has Not Taken Action Yet. As reported by Jeff McDonald in a November 15, 2018 post in a local San Diego newspaper, the California Public Utilities Commission is asking the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to not dismiss an appeal contesting a settlement reached between certain parties contesting the amount that consumers
