Trial Judge Found Fees, Although Labeled “Obscene,” Were Normal For Los Angeles Cases Of This Sort.
As reported by Law360, a California state judge recently ruled that Latham & Watkins tentatively was entitled to an award of attorney’s fees to the tune of about $1.6 million as damages in a malicious prosecution case against litigants Messrs. Parrish and Fitzgibbons, in a case which produced quite a bit of appellate activity (including a published California Supreme Court decision). We assume the parties stipulated to the trial judge deciding the issue. Although the losing side characterized the request as “obscene,” the trial judge found it was not that uncommon for a hard-fought Los Angeles case with high-powered counsel.