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Off Topic . . . . Recent Survey of Law Firm Economics Show Per Lawyer Revenue Rose From Third Quarter Last Year For All Attorneys, Except For Small Decline For 1-9 Attorney Sized Offices

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       According to Law.com, the Survey of Law Firm Economics showed firms with more than 150 attorneys had an 8.5% increase in revenues per attorney this year as compared with the same period through third quarter 2012. However, firms or offices with 1-9 attorneys saw revenue decrease 8% over the same time frame.      […]

Off Topic: 25 Greatest Law Novels Ever; Judge Chastises Plaintiff Attorneys Suing For Internet Downloading; Wage/Hour Claims Increase In Federal Court Since 2008; Pre-Law Students Have Different Expectations For Using Law Degree

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  ABA List of 25 Greatest Law Novels.      The August 2013 issue of The ABA Journal list these as the 25 greatest law novels ever (actually 26, because 25 drew a tie between two books): 25. (tie) Old Filth by Jane Gardam (2004) 25. (tie) The Ox-Bow Incident by Walter Van Tilburg Clark (1940)

Off Topic/Substantiation of Reasonableness Of Fees: But Not Really–Attorney Fee Billings In Non-Reasonableness of Fees Discovery Contexts Are Privileged

Cases: Substantiation of Reasonableness of Fees, Off Topics

  State Court Decision Differs from Federal Opinions on the Topic.      Although this is maybe a little off topic, Walley v. Superior Court (Hoover), Case No. G048340 (4th Dist., Div. 3 July 24, 2013) (unpublished) is an interesting writ proceeding where an attorney challenged a lower court order to disclose invoices and accounting documents

Five Year Anniversary of California Attorney’s Fees

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  Five Years Of Blogging . . . . Can You Believe It?             May 11, 2008 was our first blog.  We can now announce this is our fifth year of attempting to provide all of our readers with instructive information on how courts address attorney’s fees requests, as well as newsworthy related items and

In The News/Off Topic Humor: Settlement In California Bullet Train Produces Fee Recovery For Farmers’ Attorneys And Michigan Judge Holds Himself In Contempt/Pays Fine When His Cell Phone Goes Off During Closing Arguments

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  About $1 Million in Fees Awarded in Bullet Train Settlement.      Although the bullet train proposal in California has generated a lot of controversy, Juliet Williams of the AP, in an April 19, 2013 article in The Orange County Register, reports that a Sacramento County Superior Court approved a settlement of a challenge from

Debt & Books

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In the News . . . . Average Law Grad Debt For 2011 And 30 Books Recommended By Top Lawyers, Surveyed Jurists, and Selected Law Professors/Deans      ABA Journal has some nice end-of-the-year articles that received a lot of hits or attention during 2012. Two caught our eye, so we share them with you before

Off Topic: American Tort Reform Association Comes Out With Its 2012-2013 “Judicial Hellhole” Report

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  California Tops the “Hellhole” List, Displacing Philadelphia.      American Tort Reform Association’s 2012-2013 “Judicial Hellhole” List and “Watch List” have come out, ranking judicial venues that are overly pro-plaintiff or even anti-business. Here are the highlights:      *California has replaced Philadelphia as the top “hellhole,” with Philadelphia taking encouraging reforms that have displaced it

Happy Holidays !

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And Best Wishes To Our Readers For 2013     Ernst Haeckel.  Acanthophracta.  Kunstformen der Natur (1904).

Happy Birthday to Us

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  4 Years, Wow!      To all of our readers, thanks for the support, kind words, feedback, and the like. This blog is four years old, dating back to May 11, 2008. Wow! Happy 4th Birthday. Will Clayton, photographer.  flickr creative commons license.

Off Topic–Legal Humor

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Off-Topic . . . . A Little Bit of Humor on Jury Voir Dire Okay, we digress a bit, but we share this gem from the recent American Bar Association Journal, a classic for any litigator. Posted by ARog: "A judge in our court likes to tell about voir dire in a criminal trial where

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