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WILSON v. NOMURA SEC. INT'L, INC.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
Because plaintiff's federal and state discrimination claims were inextricably intertwined and the legal work on them was essentially indivisible, when...

BROWN v. SUPERIOR COURT OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY (CYCLON CORP.)

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Debt Collection, Judgement Enforcement
An attorney lien claimant may not, over the objection of the judgment creditor, appear in the client's underlying action for the purpose of asserting...

HART v. WAL-MART STORES, INC. ASSOCS. HEALTH & WELFARE PLAN

Attorney's Fees, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
A petition to apportion claims to a settlement fund between an ERISA plan subrogation claim and other lienholders is not preempted by ERISA's civil...

SOUTHERN PINE HELICOPTERS, INC. v. PHOENIX AVIATION MANAGERS, INC.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Insurance Law, Remedies
The amount plaintiff-insured recovered for damages to one of its helicopters was not within 20% of the amount that it sought; thus it is not entitled...

HUSKINSON & BROWN, LLP v. WOLF

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In the absence of written client consent to an agreement between law firms to divide fees, a law firm that is barred from dividing fees under...

MARTIN v. SZETO

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Code of Civil Procedure section 1021.7 authorizes courts to award attorneys' fees in actions for libel or slander only when a peace officer or an...

SULZER TEXTIL A.G. v. PICANOL N.V.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Patent
In patent cases in which claim construction rulings on disputed claim terms are made prior to trial and followed by the parties during the course of...

EMPLOYERS REINSURANCE CORP. v. MID-CONTINENT CAS. CO.

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
Remanded for further proceedings to resolve whether insureds' attorney fees and expenses incurred in declaratory judgment actions constitute "loss"...

TREMPER v. QUINONES

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate
Pursuant to the good faith improver statute, the trial court erred in granting defendant the right to remove improvements from plaintiffs' property...

SONII v. GEN. ELEC. CO.

Attorney's Fees, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
The court lacks jurisdiction over plaintiffs' appeal from a holding that the parties' settlement does not confer prevailing-party status; the district...