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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

Year In Review – 2019

Year in Review

Year End Wrap-Up: Mike and Marc’s Top 20  Decisions in 2019 Courtroom three, James R. Browning U.S. Court of Appeals Building, San Francisco, California Part 1 of 2—CCP § 998 Decisions Were Front and Center in Early 2019, With Other Issues Spread Across the Board.             It is the Holiday season, and we continue our

Year In Review – 2018

Year in Review

Year End Wrap-Up: Mike & Marc’s Top 25 Decisions In 2018 Part 2 of 2—Employment Issues, Lender Trust Deed Fee Clauses, Fees As Damages, Section 998, And Sanctions Dominated The Second Batch Of Our Top 25.             In line with our prior post on some of the Top 25 decisions, we now round out with

Year In Review – 2018

Year in Review

Year End Wrap-Up: Mike & Marc’s Top 25 Decisions In 2018 Artist Andrew Scott's stainless steel, 30-foot-long gavel outside the Thomas J. Moyer Ohio Judicial Center Part 1 of 2—CCP §998, Civil Code § 1717, Civil Rights, Sanctions, And Ethics Dominated First Batch.             As is traditional during the Holidays, we choose the top attorney’s fees/costs

Year-End Wrap-Up Supplement:  Survey Of Percentage Of Issues Addressed In California State And Ninth Circuit Published Decisions During 2017

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For California State Decisions, Fee Clause Interpretation, Prevailing Party, Probate, Family Law, Civil Rights, Section 1717, Private Attorney General, and Fee Reasonableness Issues Rose To The Top, While Ninth Circuit Published Decisions Addressed An Array of Issues.             As we usher in the 2018 New Year, we thought we would go back and provide a

Year In Review Wrap-Up:  Mike & Marc’s Top 20 Decisions In 2017

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Part 2 of 2 –Remaining Ten Decisions Also Covered An Array Of Different Issues.             As we have done in past years, wishing all readers the happiest of holidays, we now finish off our top 20 published decisions from California appellate courts, the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS), and the Ninth Circuit for the 2017

Year In Review 2017 – Part I of 2

Year in Review

Year End Wrap-Up:  Mike & Marc’s Top 20 Decisions In 2017 Part 1 of 2 – 2017 Saw Decisions On Wide Spectrum Of Fees/Costs Issues.             As we have done in past years, wishing all readers the happiest of holidays, we now present our top 20 published decisions from California appellate courts, the United States

Year End Wrap-Up: Mike and Marc’s Top 30 Decisions in 2016

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  Part 2 of 2—End of a Prolific Year For Fees/Costs Decisions.        As we have done in past years, wishing all readers the happiest of holidays, we now present our top 30 published decisions from California appellate courts, the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS), and the Ninth Circuit for the 2016 year.  For past

Year End Wrap-Up: Mike and Marc’s Top 30 Decisions In 2016

Year in Review

  Part 1 of 2—2016 Was A Prolific Year For Fees/Costs Decisions.     As we have done in past years, wishing all readers the happiest of Holidays, we now present our top 30 published decisions from California appellate courts, the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS), and the Ninth Circuit for the 2016 year.  For past

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