Kimberly Kralowec Provides Details on the March 3, 2009 Arguments. Co-contributor Mike Hensley and his colleague Robert J. Stein III attended yesterday’s California Supreme Court’s arguments in San Francisco in Tobacco II, a case that will likely decide the impact of certain post-Proposition 64 amendments to California’s Unfair Competition Law. Kimberly A.
Angels Spend $7.5 Million On Litigation, Failing to Win Fees Under Indemnity Clause. Given that spring training is not far away for baseball fans, we have a postscript from our December 20, 2008 post discussing the Fourth District, Division 3’s decision in City of Anaheim v. Angels Baseball, L.P. In that case, the
Costco Hit With FEHA Fee Award of $471,240 Plus Costs. In our category “Civil Rights,” you will find cases discussing California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), a statutory scheme that has a mandatory fee-shifting provision in favor of winning plaintiffs. The next fee award demonstrates that, depending on the ultimate outcome, fee awards
Melange of Interesting Off Topics in the News All Center on Attorney’s Fees. “In law, nothing is certain but the expense.” –Samuel Butler Samuel Butler put it well; here are three interesting vignettes for news stories that all center on attorney’s fees issues. CA School District Struggles to Pay Adverse Title IX
Although we rarely venture out of the attorney’s fees area, we commend for reading the Fourth District, Division Three’s recent published decision in Oldcastle Precast, Inc. v. Lumbermens Mutual Cas. Co., Case No. G038645 (4th Dist., Div. 3 Jan. 23, 2009). In a 3-0 decision authored by Justice Fybel, the appellate court provided
Author of the Barrister Character Who Was Rebellious, Self-Absorbed, and Thoroughly English in Mannerisms. On Friday, January 16, 2009, John Mortimer died in his home in Oxfordshire, England at the age of 85. Mr. Mortimer was the creator of Horace Rumpole, a rebellious, cigar-smoking British barrister who defended criminal clients and tried most of
Attorney/Author Philip Howard Thinks So, A Theory Advanced In His Book “Life Without Lawyers: Liberating Americans from Too Much Law.” With many reviewers hailing it as a thoughtful plea for a return to common sense, attorney Philip K. Howard has written a recent book entitled “Life Without Lawyers: Liberating Americans from Too Much
Edition Discusses Feldman, Shopoff, and Stroud. Two articles in the January 2009 edition of the Orange County Lawyer discuss fee issues of interest in the area of family law and ethics. In “Executive Divorce,” authored by attorney Lisa Hughes, there is a discussion of Marriage of Feldman, 153 Cal.App.4th 1470 (2007). There, the
Recent Editorials By Chicago and New York Attorneys Reenergize the Debate. In the August 2007 American Bar Journal, novelist Scott Turow—himself a partner in Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal (a large Chicago law firm)—wrote an article entitled “The Billable Hour Must Die.” Among other things, he noted that the yearly hour targets for young associates
State Trends: Trial Courts Dispose of Most Cases Within 18 Months and Jury Trials Are Decreasing in Numbers. Cal Biz Lit, one of our recommended fellow bloggers, posted the Judicial Council of California’s 2008 Court Statistics Report for the most recent fiscal year, 2006-2007. We share the nuggets of information that we gleaned from
