District Judge Finds Case Is Not Exceptional So As To Award Over $4.3 Million In Requested Fees. Nov. 16, 1904. Cover of Puck. "Illustration shows a drunken Russian man holding a jug of vodka and wildly swinging a bloodly sword at a wasp representing Japan. John Bull and Uncle Sam […]
$58,000 Summary Adjudication For Unpaid Legal Fees Sustained On Appeal. An in pro per former client, as a defendant, represented himself in former law firm’s action to recover from him $58,000 in unpaid legal fees. Although there was an arbitration clause in the fee retainer agreement, defendant answered (never listing arbitration as a defense)
End Result Is That Fee/Costs Order Remained In Effect. President Coolidge and party on Tower Fall steps, Yellowstone National Park. c1927. Library of Congress. In Blixseth v. Yellowstone Mountain Club, LLC, No. 12-35986 (9th Cir. April 18, 2017) (published), the Ninth Circuit decided two issues as to whether “fees on fees”
Relying Only On Final Settlement Offer, Rather Than Work Performed By Winner, Was Legal Error In Light Of Governing Principles. TSE Worldwide Press, Inc. v. Dependable Highway Express, Inc., Case No. B269747 (2d Dist., Div. 4 Dec. 28, 2016) (unpublished) is a reminder that certain challenges by a non-prevailing party to the amount of fees
Hourly Rates Properly Reduced Plus Padded Billings Presumptively At Issue. In 569 East County Blvd., LLC v. Backcountry Against the Dump, Inc. (BAD), Case No. D068538 (4th Dist., Div. 1 May 18, 2016) (unpublished), defendant BAD’s SLAPP motion was granted. However, the real battle was over the fees to be awarded BAD: it
Continued Mounting Attorney’s Fees Was A Risk She Did Not Want To Bear. After appealing a jury verdict loss in her gender bias lawsuit against former employer Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers LLC, former Reddit interim CEO Ellen Pao announced on September 10, 2015 that she is dropping her appeal and will pay
We Predicted It—Due To Split On Whether Forum Selection Clause Dismissal Allows One To Claim Prevailing Party Status Under Civil Code Section 1717. Well, we sometimes actually make correct predictions. In our April 15, 2015 post, we discussed DisputeSuite.com, LLC v. Scoreinc.com, 235 Cal.App.4th 1261 (2d Dist. 2015), where a fee denial order
Unapportioned Offer Was Invalid Because Joint And Several Liability Was Not Established On All Claims. This next case, Bush v. Loiacono, Case No. D065979 (4th Dist., Div. 1 Apr. 29, 2015) (unpublished), is an interesting CCP § 998 decision arising out of a lower court’s refusal to tax $14,005.22 in expert witness fees
SO THAT'S WHERE EGGS COME FROM, AND HOWARD THURSTON, PROFESSIONAL MAGICIAN, PULLS AN EASTER EGG FROM THE MOUTH OF BUZZIE DALL AT THE WHITE HOUSE EGG ROLLING FESTIVALS. THE GROUP, FROM THE LEFT: JANE THURSTON, DAUGHTER OF THE MAGICIAN; SISTIE DALL AND BUZZIE, GRANDCHILDREN OF THE PRESIDENT; MR. THURSTON; AND MRS. ROOSEVELT. 1934. Library of
Prior Unpublished Decision Affirmed Denial Of 1021.5 Fees For Failure To Make Proper Informal Settlement Efforts. In our March 11, 2015 post, we discussed Carian v. Dept. of Fish & Wildlife, Case No. D066683 (4th Dist., Div. 1), which originally issued as an unpublished decision on March 9, 2015. It affirmed a trial
