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Civil Rights: Mentally Disabled Prevailing Party Entitled To Fees Where Confidential Records Disclosed Negligently Or Willfully And Knowingly To Others Not Entitled To See Them
CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY'S FEES · September 8, 2025
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Allocation, Costs, Employment: Trial Court Did Not Abuse Its Discretion In Denying Costs To The Winning Defendant On Non-FEHA Claim
CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY'S FEES · September 8, 2025
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Arbitration: Where Prevailing Party In An Arbitration Failed To Request Attorney’s Fees In An Answering Statement And The Arbitrator Refused to Award Fees, Superior Court Had No Jurisdiction To Award Fees . . .
CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY'S FEES · August 23, 2025
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Special Fee Shifting Statutes: Retirement Community Could Account For Class Action Defense Costs For Litigation In Their Annual Budgets
CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY'S FEES · August 23, 2025
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Appealability: Defendant Hit With Wage/Hour Attorney’s Fees Could Not Challenge The Award Because It Failed To Independently Appeal The Postjudgment Fee Order
CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY'S FEES · August 23, 2025
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Probate: Lower Court’s Entertainment Of Nonwritten Objections, After Earlier Indicating Oral Objections Would Not Be Allowed, Required Reversal Of Reduced Fee Award To Conservator
CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY'S FEES · August 23, 2025
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Arbitration, Employment, Reasonableness Of Fees: Lower Court Did Not Err By Reducing $17,653.50 Fee Request For CCP § 1281.98 Sanctions Down To A $2,060 Fee Award
CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY'S FEES · August 23, 2025
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Section 1717: City Of Oakland Suffers A Fees/Costs Award Of Almost $6.9 Million In Total After Losing Ground Lease Termination Case Against Plaintiffs
CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY'S FEES · August 23, 2025
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Special Fee Shifting Statutes: Because Plaintiff Prevailed Through Mandate Challenging A Conditional Permit Revocation, It Correctly Was Denied Fees Under A Local Public Nuisance Ordinance With Reciprocal Fee-Shifting Provisions
CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY'S FEES · August 19, 2025
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Section 998: 4/1 DCA, Relying On Its Zavala Decision Under Review By The California Supreme Court, Reverses A Lower Court’s Failure To Independently Evaluate Whether A Lump-Sum § 998 Offer Served To Shift Costs And Fees In A Lemon Law Suit
CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY'S FEES · August 17, 2025
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Discovery, Family Law: $165,188.75 Needs-Based Award To Ex-Wife Reversed Because Lower Court Failed To Consider Whether Her Discovery Efforts Were Unreasonable Or Over Litigated
CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY'S FEES · August 17, 2025
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Costs, Employment: Numerous Costs And Fees Decisions Analyzed On Appeal
CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY'S FEES · August 17, 2025
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Reasonableness Of Fees: Contractual Fee Award Under Operating Agreement Clause Did Entitle Prevailing Defendants To A $168,584.25 Award
CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY'S FEES · August 15, 2025
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Arbitration: California Supreme Court Confirms That CCP § 1281.98 Payment Deadlines Are Not Preempted By The FAA
CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY'S FEES · August 14, 2025
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SLAPP: Appellate Court Reversal Of SLAPP Denial Of Attorney’s Motion Based On Representing Her Clients On A Settlement Payment Dispute Required A Remand To Determine Fees And Costs To Be Awarded To Attorney
CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY'S FEES · August 14, 2025
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Special Fee Shifting Statutes: Prevailing Petitioner In Administrative Proceeding Rescinding A DUI Driving Suspension Decision By A DMV Hearing Officer Was Not Entitled To An Award Of Attorney’s Fees For Subpoena Request To The Sheriff’s Department
CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY'S FEES · August 9, 2025
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Costs, Private Attorney General: $7,670.55 Costs Award And $613,893.75 Private Attorney General Fee Award To Prevailing Petitioner Affirmed On Appeal
CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY'S FEES · August 9, 2025
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Special Fee Shifting Statutes: 2/6 DCA’s Reversal Of A Decision Finding No Brown Act Violations Meant That A Remand Was Necessary To Determine If Fees Were Warranted
CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY'S FEES · August 9, 2025
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In The News . . . . Well Known L.A. Firm Bills $1.8 Million For May 2025 Work In Homeless Case On L.A.’s Behalf
CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY'S FEES · August 9, 2025
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Employment, Lodestar, Multipliers: Plaintiffs Prevailing On Wage Claims Were Properly Awarded $1,767,649.50 In Attorney’s Fees As Against Employer
CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY'S FEES · August 9, 2025
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Appealability, Family Law: Denial Of 2030 Request For Fees, Pendency On Appeal, Could Not Result In A Subsequent Request Involving The Same Facts
CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY'S FEES · August 4, 2025
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Costs, POOF!, Section 1717: Law Firm’s Attorney’s Fees Award Against Plaintiff Reversed As A Matter Of Law Based On Trope Prohibition
CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY'S FEES · July 28, 2025
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Sanctions: CCP § 128.7 Sanctions Of $105,000 Were Justified Against Litigant And Its Counsel, But . . . .
CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY'S FEES · July 26, 2025
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Request For Admissions, Section 998: Prevailing Defendants Entitled To $108,000 In Costs-Shifting Under Section 998 And $39,140 For RFA Unreasonable Denials
CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY'S FEES · July 26, 2025
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POOF!, Section 998: Make Sure Your 998 Offers Are Not Ambiguous And Only Targeted For Claim In the Lawsuit, With The Defense Losing A $231,458.30 Award On The Offer
CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY'S FEES · July 26, 2025
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