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Arbitration Fee Award: Plaintiff Winning $4.1 Billion “Prove-Up” Arbitration Award Obtains $633,450 In Attorney’s Fees

June 16, 2009

Arbitrator Enhances Plaintiff’s Lodestar by 3.0 Multiplier. We give thanks to Cal Biz Lit, who in his June 16, 2009 post described a “prove-up” arbitration award of $4.1 billion stemming from a very unusual lost commission dispute. He notes that the award was confirmed as a judgment by the Los Angeles County Superior Court […]

Plaintiffs’ Class Action Attorneys Seek $23.5 Million In Fees and Costs In Orange County Register Carrier Settlement

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June 15, 2009

Register Claims Plaintiffs’ Attorneys Are Seeking About $10 Million More Than They Agreed to Claim. In our December 1, 2008 post, we summarized a settlement reached between a plaintiff class and The Orange County Register in an Orange County Superior Court complex case pending before Superior Court Judge David C. Velasquez. The case primarily

Attorney’s Fees In the News …. Al Franken Is A Little Richer From Award in U.S. Senate Race Lawsuit

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June 15, 2009

Minnesota Intermediate Appellate Court Orders $95,000 Paid to Well Known Saturday Night Live Cameo Performer. Al Franken, a well-known guest performer on Saturday Night Live, ran for a U.S. Senate post against Norm Coleman. A Minnesota appellate court found that Mr. Franken had received 312 more votes than Mr. Coleman in last November’s election,

Attorney’s Fee Awards And Fee Requests In The News … Redwood City Gets Tagged, E*TRADE Financial Will Seek Large Fees, and Bluetooth Class Action Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Seeks Fees Drawing Numerous Objections

Cases: Class Actions, Cases: Private Attorney General (CCP 1021.5), Off Topics

June 7, 2009

Redwood City Assessed About $260,000 Under Private Attorney General Statute. Redwood City lost a CEQA challenge by local attorney Joe Carcione (son of Joe Carcione, the Green Grocer) who sued arguing that the EIR was inadequate for the “Downtown Precise Plan,” a plan with a vision for up to 2,500 new high-rise housing units

Fees In The News …. Alhambra Police Officers Association Seeks Fee Award Of $40,000 For Successful Restraining Order

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June 3, 2009

Fee Hearing Is Set for June 26, 2009. In October 2008, the Alhambra Police Officers Association brought suit to obtain a temporary restraining order to prevent officers from having to attend an October 18 “block party” for Councilman Gary Yamauchi (who was re-elected a month later in November). The Association did obtain a restraining

Some Historical Trivia . . . In Pro Per Protections Go Back To English Statutes Enacted During Reigns of Henry VII And Henry VIII

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May 29, 2009

Indigency Protections Go Way Back. Yesterday, we did a post on Garcia v. Santana, an interesting Second District decision that held that financial condition was a factor to consider when awarding fees under Civil Code section 1354(c), a fee-shifting statute under the Davis-Stirling Act. Here is some trivia for you history buffs out

Diocese Fee Battle Ends . . . Fees Denied Because SLAPP Motion Was Not Frivolous

Cases: SLAPP, Off Topics

May 20, 2009

Orange County Superior Court Judge Colaw So Rules. In our May 4, 2009 post, we discussed a fee battle brewing in Orange County Superior Court after St. James Church’s SLAPP motion eventually lost in a case against the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. That battle has now taken place so that we can

Attorney’s Fees In the News …. Newport Beach Police Sgt. Neil Harvey’s Hearing For Payment Of $2.14 Million In Requested Fees Will Occur in June 2009

Cases: Civil Rights, Off Topics

May 18, 2009

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

May 2009 Issue of The American Lawyer Has Two Articles of Interest

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May 18, 2009

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

M & M Are Quoted in May 11, 2009 Daily Journal Article Concerning Attorney’s Fees

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May 11, 2009

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