Year in Review

Year In Review—2024

Year in Review

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 […]

Year In Review—2024

Year in Review

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 In Review—2023

Year in Review

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 in Review – 2022

Year in Review

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 In Review – 2022

Year in Review

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 In Review – 2021

Year in Review

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 In Review – 2021

Year in Review

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 In Review – 2020

Year in Review

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.

Year In Review – 2020

Year in Review

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 1 of 2—Lemon Law, Class Action Settlement, Ethics, Civil Rights, and Specific Fee-Shifting Statutes Took the Stage.             It is

Year In Review – 2019

Year in Review

Year End Wrap-Up: Mike and Marc’s Top 20   Decisions in 2019 Supreme Court Room (Room 129), California State Library & Courts Building, 914 Capitol Mall, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA Part 2 of 2—Prevailing Party, Sanctions, and CCP § 998 Decisions Predominated In Our Last Top 20 Decisions.             Here we go with the last Top

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