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Bankruptcy Efforts, In The News . . . . Four Outside Bankruptcy Law Firms Seeking Approval Of $84 Million In Fees Since PG&E’s January 2019 Bankruptcy Filings

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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 […]

In The News, Sanctions: Over $1 Million Sanctions Imposed Against Condo Plaintiff And His Lawyer In Cook County Superior Court

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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

In The News: Vice Media Decides To Settle Female Gender Pay Class Action For About $1.875 Million In Los Angeles County Superior Court

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$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

In The News . . . . North Carolina Couple And City Spent $627,187.40 In Five-Year Inverse Condemnation Fight Where Damage To Their Property Was Only $2,070.35

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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

Class Action, In The News: Class Attorneys In Chinese Drywall MDL Settlement Reap $111.4 Million

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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

In The News: Retired Judge Kozinski Has Intriguing Attorney’s Fees Proposal For Government Attorneys Who Prosecute Pointless Lawsuits

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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

In The News . . . . Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Richard L. Fruin, Jr. Pens An Interesting Article On Law And Motion Volume In His Courtroom, Including Fees And Costs Trends

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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

In The News . . . . 2018 HBR Consulting Report Indicates Corporate Law Department Spending Is Up And Outside Counsel Hourly Rates Are Up

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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

In The News . . . . California PUC Says That San Onofre Settlement Was Not Fair And Challenges The $5.4 Million In Fees Paid To Firm Which Brokered The Deal

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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

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