Sentences with phrase «fees against plaintiff»
What happened below was that a trial judge erroneously failed to honor plaintiff's dismissal of an action, striking it and then going forward to award discovery sanctions and attorney's fees against plaintiff and in favor of the defendant.
http://www.calattorneysfees.com/ Not exact matches
A New York City advocacy group for low - income and minority residents filed a lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase Bank last fall for what it says are illegal and exploitative tactics that have cost the two named plaintiffs thousands of dollars in penalty fees it contends they shouldn't have had to pay.
To help bring down these costs, Congress still must address commonsense reforms like shifting fees when a plaintiff brings egregiously frivolous suits and staying patent suits filed against end users.
Plaintiff states again that 2nd Defendant has not said a word against this marauding show of power without any legal justification by the 1st Defendant's request of a deposit of filing fees for the 2016 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections thereby embolden 1st Defendant in perpetuating these obvious illegalities against the political parties and individual candidates in this 2016 general elections.
The Shanghai SIPG forward is praying the High Court to place a «perpetual injunction restraining the defendants, whether by themselves, servants, agents or assigns from repeating similar or other libelous words against the plaintiff as well as costs, including lawyers» fees.»
While the FTC and state Attorneys General may not be lining up to bring CROA enforcement actions against bona fide nonprofit organizations, the plaintiff's bar likely will be, especially because the per - client penalties for CROA violations are so high, and because they can recover their legal fees if successful.
Plaintiff's claims against DOE are hereby dismissed, with prejudice, and without costs or attorney's fees to Plaintiff or the DOE;
But just yesterday it seems that the plaintiff's attorney agreed to dismiss Gearbox with prejudice (meaning they can't file another suit against them concerning Aliens: Colonial Marines) and in return Gearbox won't be seeking legal fees.
What happened here is that plaintiffs won a total of $ 588,000 on intentional and negligent misrepresentation claims and then also obtained fee awards of about $ 270,000 against a couple of the tortfeasors.
Instead, they were only sued under the PAGA claim, and here is the kicker — plaintiffs never sought fee entitlement in the notice of motion and motion under the PAGA fee - shifting provision much less attempted to segregate fee recovery against individual defendants solely against the PAGA claim.
Plaintiff also won a $ 503,450.02 fee award and $ 31,679.08 costs award against both defendants.
The plaintiffs lawyers had requested the material to benchmark the fees that they sought against the defendants» legal fees.
The Union Leader editorial board blasts New Hampshire Attorney General Joe Foster's contingency fee arrangement with the Cohen Milstein plaintiffs» firm for «prescription opioid» litigation against pharmaceutical companies.
Notable mandates: Represent the plaintiffs in a proposed class action against provincial law enforcement agencies regarding allegedly negligent use of breathalyzer machines; acts for hundreds of pre-sale contract holders with various condominium developments who are disputing their requirement to close under consumer protection laws; defended a law firm in a four - week hearing over enforcement of a significant contingency fee agreement; acted for a number of clients in online defamation cases
In California, the plaintiff in a bad faith action may be able to recover some of its attorneys» fees separately and in addition to the judgment for damages against a defendant insurer.
2 Dec. 12, 2016)(unpublished), a defendant corporation successfully obtained summary judgment against plaintiff and then moved to recover $ 133,644.50 in attorney's fees and costs from losing plaintiff.
The plaintiffs were ordered to pay the attorney's fees for the defendant's appellate attorney, who had been hired to defend against the punitive damages claim.
Fees will amount to $ 1.9 million including an $ 804,000 premium to lawyers acting on behalf of plaintiffs in a class action against General Motors Canada over cuts to employee benefits
A plaintiff that prevails on a Lanham Act claim can obtain an injunction against the false or misleading advertising, as well as damages and, in certain cases, attorneys» fees.
The defense was then awarded over $ 1.79 million against plaintiff based on a fees clause in a written Stock Purchase Agreement.
Defended film and television talent against claims brought by a plaintiff claiming the talent owed her management fees.
With respect to the plaintiff's successful default judgment against the defendant, Robert Card, the plaintiffs were awarded $ 9,346.36 inclusive of fees, disbursements and GST.
On Tuesday, May 29, 2012, the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari from the Tenth Circuit's decision in Marx v. General Revenue Corp., U.S. No. 11 - 1175, to determine whether a prevailing defendant can be awarded routine costs (not attorney's fees) against a losing plaintiff in a Fair Debt Collection Practice Act (FDCPA) case where the plaintiff was found to have brought the suit in good faith.
On Jan. 27 this year, the arbitrator in this case «entered an interim award ordering an accounting against Napoli Bern Ripka & Associates LLP for fees the firm received on cases referred by the plaintiff's referral sources,» the motion states.
The Court concluded that in the absence of a right of subrogation, and having not incurred any liability for fees and disbursements in defending the claim, the defendant was not entitled to a costs award against the plaintiff.
Many statutes provide that if the defendant is successful in obtaining early dismissal, an award of attorney's fees against the malicious prosecution plaintiff automatically follows.