His Attorneys Are Seeking a $1 Million Lodestar Plus a Multiplier. According to a May 14, 2009 article by Joseph Serna in the Daily Pilot, civil attorneys representing Newport Beach police Sgt. Neil Harvey, who obtained a favorable civil rights award of $1.2 million from a jury earlier this year, will be moving for
Rules of the Road For Creating Alternative Fee Arrangements Versus Pure Hourly Rates. Peter D. Zeughauser (formerly with The Irvine Company) is now a consultant who frequently writes about client-attorney fee arrangements. In his article “Alternative Reality” (pp. 75-76), he offers these “rules of the road” for creating an intelligent alternative fee structure: Understand
Article by Daily Journal Staff Writer Dhyana Levey is Entitled “Students May Have to Pay Attorney Fees After Losing ADA Lawsuit”. Calattorneysfees co-contributors Mike Hensley and Marc Alexander are quoted in today’s Daily Journal regarding attorney’s fees issues in a lawsuit brought by students with learning disabilities against the Association of Medical Colleges to
Believe it or not, we have been doing this blog for one year now, beginning with our inaugural post on May 11, 2008. We would like to thank our readers and fellow bloggers, many of whom were nice enough to offer tips, provide us leads on cases or topics to discuss, or “hat
Nonprofit Group Files Suit For Guardian Appointment Over Suleman Octuplets. The Suleman octuplets have gotten a lot of press. Well, recently, a nonprofit group (A Minor Consideration) has filed suit requesting appointment of a guardian to steward the money generated by the octuplet twins borne to Octomom Nadya Suleman. Dionne quintuplets ca. 1934.
Diocese Seeking Fees From Breakaway Faction in Orange County Superior Court. Here is one brewing in the backyards of where the contributors to this blog base their practices. The Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles is seeking to recover its attorney’s fees and court costs from the church and certain members who voted to
Citizens Group Awarded Over $175,000 in Fees For Successful Attack of Santa Barbara Proposed Housing Project. Citizens Planning Association (CPA) were awarded over $175,000 in attorney’s fees ($117,228 lodestar, based on four attorneys charging $350 an hour, plus a $60,000 multiplier add-on) for successfully attacking the City of Santa Barbara’s environmental analysis of the
Sharon Stone Inadvertently Got Her Wish In Fee Dispute Lawsuit With Former Attorney. In case you do not know it, sealing court records is not the norm and takes an exceptional showing for most civil cases. The standards are stringent and set forth in California Rules of Court, rules 2.550, 2.551, and 8.160. However,
Montrose Chemical Defense: Is An Associate Worth $450 An Hour? Latham & Watkins, a high-powered, national law firm based out of Los Angeles, has been defending Montrose Chemical Corp. in a toxic tort case, with Montrose being insured by Century Indemnity Co. L&W and the insurer have apparently been locked in a nasty battle
Settlements May Depend More on Personal Contributions from Sued Officers and Directors, Reports Recent Article from The National Law Journal. According to Amanda Bronstad’s April 17, 2009 article, “As D&O Coverage Falls, Plaintiffs Lawyers Fees at Risk,” published in The National Law Journal and available for reading at LAW.COM, plaintiff shareholder actions—mainly securities class
