Plus, Blog Observation on Anecdotal Application to Appeals Involving Fee Awards. We give a hat tip both to Benjamin Shatz of En Banc and Greg May of The California Blog of Appeal for highlighting the Judicial Council of California’s recent issuance of the “2008 Court Statistic Report” for California courts during […]
Upcoming Study Based On 2002-2005 Trials Concludes Settlement Is the Better Route . As we have seen from past posts, attorney’s fees can “make or break” a litigant, either in prevailing, in not prevailing, or in having the trial court determine there was no “prevailing party.” This result occurs because the
The Blogosphere Continues to Greet California Attorney’s Fees . . . We continue to be delighted by the gracious reception of California Attorney’s Fees coming from authors of legal blogs. Most recently, Greg May, author of The Blog of Appeal, and H. Scott Leviant, author of The Complex Litigator, have greeted us
They May Be Old, But Not Necessarily Archaic. “O! then, I see, Queen Mab hath been with you …. “She is the fairies’ midwife, and she comes … “O’er lawyers’ fingers, who straight dream on fees.” –SHAKESPEARE, Romeo and Juliet, Act I, scene 4. “While in bed the sick man’s lying, “While in Court your
Mike Hensley and Marc Alexander thank Bruce Nye and Cal Biz Lit for welcoming California Attorney’s Fees to the Blogosphere! It’s nice to be noticed . . . Bruce Nye, who is up in San Francisco, has a neat legal blog. But we especially liked his off-topic heat wave youtube link of May 16, 2008,
An Invitation to Our Readers . . . In “John Wilkins’ Analytical Language,”[1] Jorge Luis Borges describes a fantastical bestiary: These ambiguities, redundancies, and deficiencies recall those attributed by Dr. Franz Kuhn to a certain Chinese encyclopedia called the Heavenly Emporium of Benevolent Knowledge. In its distant pages it is written that animals are divided
“Attorney Fee Litigation: It Pays To Be Reasonable” at Southwestern Law School The National Association of Legal Fee Analysis (NALFA), a non-profit organization specializing in attorney fees and litigation costs, is sponsoring a program called “Attorney Fee Litigation: It Pays To Be Reasonable” on June 19, 2008, from noon to 5 p.m., at Southwestern Law
Marc Alexander and Mike Hensley warmly thank The UCL Practitioner and its author Kimberly A. Kralowec for welcoming California Attorney’s Fees to the blogosphere. Kimberly’s welcome is especially meaningful to us, because Kimberly has been generous with her time and encouragement. Also, The UCL Practitioner is an outstanding example of what a blog
Fifth District So Holds in Recent Unpublished Decision. Plaintiff chicken feed company had defendants sign a credit application to purchase chicken feed on certain terms. Among other things, the application contained a provision for an award of attorney’s fees to the prevailing party if “any action is taken for collection on
1. PLCM Group, Inc. v. Drexler, 22 Cal.4th 1084 (2000). Most recent California Supreme Court decision (1) observing fee awards are governed by equitable principles (pages 1094-1095); (2) listing factors to be used in calculating the lodestar (page 1096); and (3) confirming that standard of review for fee award amounts is manifest abuse of
