Mike, Shanna, and Marc’s Top Twenty-Two Fee Decisions for 2025—Part 2 of 2. Here is Part 2 of our Top 22 Fee/Costs Decisions for 2025. Happy Holidays to our readers! 11. Section 998. Madrigal v. Hyundai Motor America, 17 Cal.5th 592(Cal. Supreme Court Mar. 20, 2025): CCP § 998 offers do apply to pretrial settlements, […]
Mike, Shanna, and Marc’s Top Twenty-Two Fee Decisions for 2025– Part 1 of 2. As is our tradition during the Holidays, we post on the top twenty-two fees/costs decisions from 2025, keeping in mind that this is a subjective ranking and does not take away from other published decisions of interest to litigants, practitioners, and
Part 2 of 2—Mike, Marc, and Shanna’s Top 25 Decisions For 2024. 3rd Floor Corridor, James R. Browning U.S. Court of Appeals Building, San Francisco, California. Carol M. Highsmith, photographer. 2009. Library of Congress. As we have done in the past, we post our top 25 decisions—in two parts—for 2024, which brought an influx
Part 1 of 2—Mike, Marc, and Shanna’s Top 25 Decisions For 2024. Architectural details of the U.S. Courthouse in Los Angeles, California. Carol M. Highsmith, photographer. Between 1980 and 2006. Library of Congress. As we have done in the past, we post our top 25 decisions—in two parts—for 2024, which brought an influx of
Year-End Wrap Up by Mike, Marc, and Shanna for Our Top 10 Decisions Ronald Reagan Federal Building and Courthouse at 411 West Fourth Street, Santa Ana, California. Carol M. Highsmith, photographer. Between 1980 and 2006. Library of Congress. As we have done over the years, this blog provides its attorney’s fees/costs decisions for
Year End-Wrap Up By Mike, Marc, And Shanna For Our Top 20 Decisions In 2022—Part 2 of 2 First Floor Corridor, James R. Browning U.S. Court of Appeals Building, San Francisco, California. Carol M. Highsmith, photographer. 2009. Library of Congress. As we have done over the years, this blog provides its top 20
Year End-Wrap Up By Mike, Marc, And Shanna For Our Top 20 Decisions In 2022—Part 1 of 2. Courtroom One, James R. Browning U.S. Court of Appeals Building, San Francisco, California. Carol M. Highsmith, photographer. 2009. Library of Congress. As we have done over the years, this blog provides its top 20 attorney’s fees/costs
Year End-Wrap Up By Mike, Marc, And Shanna For Our Top 20 Decisions In 2021 Ronald Reagan Federal Courthouse, Santa Ana, California. Carol M. Highsmith, photographer. Between 1980 and 2006. Library of Congress. Part 2 of 2 – Third-Party Beneficiary Fee Clause Interpretation, Class Actions/Cy Pres Awards, Post-Judgment Fee Amounts, And Civil Rights/Employment Costs Dominated
Year End-Wrap Up By Mike, Marc, And Shanna For Our Top 20 Decisions In 2021 Courtroom One Marble, James R. Browning U.S. Court of Appeals Building, San Francisco, California. Carol M. Highsmith, photographer. 2009. Library of Congress. Part 1 of 2 – Section 998, Class Action, Prevailing Party/Fee Reasonableness, And Civil Rights/Employment Costs Dominated Our First
Year End Wrap-Up: Mike, Marc, and Shanna’s Top 30 Decisions in 2020 Sculpture "The Decisions" at the Robert T. Matsui U.S. Courthouse, Sacramento, California. Carol M. Highsmith, photographer. October 2009. Library of Congress. Part 2 of 2—Specific Fee Shifting Statute, Employment, Code of Civil Procedure Section 998, Civil Code Section 1717, and Sanctions Issues Dominated.
