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Harrington v. Payroll Entm't Servs., Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Labor & Employment Law
In dispute over $44.63 in unpaid overtime that settled for $10,500, denial of plaintiff's motion for nearly $46,000 in attorney's fees is reversed as...

Choice Hotels Int'l v. SM Prop. Mgmt ., LLC

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In case where plaintiff franchisor obtained an arbitration award by default, order granting defendant franchisees' motion to vacate the award for lack...

Olson v. Auto. Club of S. California

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law
A prevailing plaintiff is not entitled to an award of expert witness fees in addition to attorney's fees under Code of Civil Procedure section 1021.5,...

Taheri Law Group v. Evans

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In suit brought by attorney alleging another attorney improperly solicited his client, grant of defendant-attorney's anti-SLAPP motion is affirmed as...

Am. Rice, Inc. v. Producers Rice Mill, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, International Law, International Trade, Remedies, Trademark
In a Lanham Act and breach of contract action involving a design used on rice sold in Saudi Arabia, judgment for plaintiff and an award of damages are...

Stroud v. Tunzi

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Order compelling law firm to release funds they wrongfully withheld from their former client in their attempt to recover their attorney's fees is...

Chavez v. City of LA

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In action for statutory retaliation against employer and supervisor where plaintiff was awarded five-figure verdict, denial of high six-figure...

Byars v. The Coca-Cola Co.

Attorney's Fees, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an action to recover benefits under employer's long-term disability plan, part of the judgment against defendants fixing amount of "own occupation"...

Trustees of the Graphic Communications Int'l Union Health and Welfare Plan v. Bjorkedal

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In trustees' ERISA action against shareholders of a company arising after the company stopped making contributions to a fund that provided health and...

Tchemkou v. Mukasey

Attorney's Fees, Immigration Law
After the grant of a petition for review of a BIA decision, petitioner's motion for attorney's fees and costs is granted where the government's...