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Concepcion v. Amscan Holdings

Attorney's Fees, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law
The trial court's order awarding $350,000 in attorney fees and costs to class counsel after approving a settlement of coordinated cases alleging...

Tuthill v. City of San Buenaventura

Attorney's Fees, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The trial court's award of damages and private attorney general fees to plaintiffs against defendants city and its housing authority based on the...

Morgan v. Imperial Irrigation District

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Tax Law, Water Law
The trial court did not err in determining that the defendant-Irrigation District complied with Proposition 218 in its passage of new water rates,...

Carter v. Caleb Brett LLC

Attorney's Fees
The district court's order awarding plaintiff attorneys' fees and costs is vacated and remanded for the district court to articulate the basis for its...

Marriage of Sharples

Attorney's Fees, Family Law
The trial court's order denying wife's request to require husband to pay for her attorney fees and costs is reversed and remanded, where: 1) the trial...

Tourgeman v. Nelson & Kennard

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
In a putative class action alleging that defendants violated the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act (FDCPA) while attempting to collect a debt that...

Ray Haluch Gravel Co. v. Central Pension Fund of Operating Engineers and Participating Employers

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by various union-affiliated benefit funds to collect benefits contributions required to be paid under federal law, and for...

Taylor v. Nabors Drilling USA, LP

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Judgment for plaintiff-employee in an action alleging hostile work environment sexual harassment is affirmed but modified, where: 1) substantial...

Inhale, Inc. v. Starbuzz Tobacco, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Intellectual Property, Copyright
Summary judgment and award of attorneys' fees in favor of defendant are affirmed, where: 1) the shape of a hookah water container was not entitled to...

Cardinale v. Miller

Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Debt Collection, Injury & Tort Law, Judgement Enforcement
Following a judgment which found defendants Knapp and Home Loan Service Corporation liable for conspiring to engage in fraudulent transfers to avoid...