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       We would like to thank NALFA for providing posts on the following topics of interest, which we summarize. Governor Jerry Brown Signs SB 462 Into Law–Employers’ “Bad Faith” Burden.      On August 26, 2013, California Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 462 into law. This amended Labor Code section 218.5 provides that persons other […]

  AIG Former Executive Class Action.      As reported in NALFA’s Attorneys Fees Blog, U.S. District Judge Deborah Batts has approved a $115 million settlement reached by class action shareholders in In re American International Group Sec. Litig., Case No. 1:04-cv-08141 (S.D.N.Y.) against former AIG CEO Hank Greenberg and other former AIG executives. She also

       In appellant’s third trip to the Court of Appeal after losing a jury trial against her former employer, she argued that the trial judge’s failure to grant her motion to tax costs on appeal was error.      Third time was not the charm in Chaaban v. Wet Seal, Inc., Case No. G046122 (4th

  Modern Technology Notwithstanding, Reasonably Necessary Versus Convenience Is Judgment Call, With Deference Given to Trial Judge.      Complementary to our contemporaneous post on Parks v. Port of Oakland is the appellate court’s affirmance of a decision to disallow certain high technology trial costs in Dodds v. Meng, Case Nos. D058766/D059409 (4th Dist., Div. 1

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  Husband Failed to Disclose Finances Within His Control Despite Prior Discovery Attempts; Wife Got Affirmance Based on Extension of Doctrine to Family Law.      For all of you family law (and even possibly civil law) practitioners, here is a fee award affirmance based on the appellate “disentitlement” doctrine.      Marriage of Hofer, Case No.

  Reciprocity Principle of Section 1717 Made It Operative.      Landlord wasn’t happy about losing an unlawful detainer action to tenant, given that there was a unilateral fees clause that led to the lower court awarding $14,587.50 (out of a requested $$18,576) in fees to tenant as prevailing party under Civil Code section 1717. Even

  Arbitration Waiver Decision Goes From Unpublished to Published Ranks.      On May 20, 2012, we did a post on Cinel v. Barna, an unpublished decision from the Second District, Division 1 sustaining an arbitration waiver decision because the parties could not reach an agreement on how to pay the arbitrator’s fees. We can now

  Turner Law Firm Wins Full Attorney’s Fee Request At Trial Court Level.      We would like to thank and extend kudos to Keith Turner of the Turner Law Firm for winning an interesting attorney’s fees battle under the fee-shifting provision contained in the Davis-Stirling Act (Civ. Code, § 1354(c)).      His client defendant Eric