Sentences with phrase «judge awarded fees»

Then, under CCP § 1021.5 (the private attorney general statute), the trial judge awarded fees of $ 6,160,416, although determining that no fees were allowable under Labor Code section 2802 based on plaintiffs» abandonment of certain claims.

The trial judge awarded fees of $ 116,925 after characterizing it as a «typical» case (although this was inclusive of a.5 multiplier).

1979 (2016): SCOTUS sets forth flexible factors to be weighed for purposes of district judges awarding fees to a prevailing party under the Copyright Act's fee - shifting provision, 17 U.S.C. § 505.

Not exact matches

One would have limited the time an agency can delay a court - ordered release of information while drafting an appeal to two months; the other would have let judges award attorney fees to individuals who win cases against agencies that deny them information.

Currently, the public officers law states that a court «may» award legal fees — leaving the decision up to a judge — rather than «shall,» a word change that would effectively penalize state agencies that willfully disregard disclosure law.

A. 1438B (Paulin / Gallivan) requires judges to award attorney's fees when a member of the public «substantially» prevails in a Freedom of Information lawsuit.

In order to cover the organisation of the event and the coordination of the nominations, and judging, all applicants have to pay an admin fee — but this is tiered, so that individuals pay less than large companies — to allow everyone to be involved in the Awards.

Discussing awards schemes open for self - published authors, Ross said that there are manyf schemes starting up that are «problematic» as they are simply «money - making schemes» that charge high entry fees, ahve self - appointed judges and «offer nothing in the way of anything useful.»

What if the judge awards the entire business to be liquidated and returned to the shareholders minus the merger fee's that were agreed upon.

In a decision that could have major effects on the process of authenticating artworks in the United States, a New York Supreme Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Pace Gallery founder Arne Glimcher and the Agnes Martin catalogue raisonné committee, and awarded them the cost of their legal fees, Artnet News reported.

The application fee is # 16.00 There is no age limit, applicants will be judged on the quality of their work, and the ability of the award to make beneficial impact on their practice and future development.

The judge also awarded Pace and the committee members the full cost of their legal fees.

It includes the capability to analyze damages awarded by a particular judge, in a certain court and of a certain type, such as attorneys» fees or infringement damages.

A related state code, the Disabled Persons Act, allows a plaintiff to recover three times the actual damages, or a minimum of $ 1,000, with attorneys» fees awarded to the prevailing party at the judge's discretion.

By using these metrics, judges felt comfortable building up a reasonable legal fees award that was capped at the 20 to 25 per cent level, sometimes 30 per cent but rarely, if ever, approved at the one - third level.

The lower court judge awarded $ 510,000 in fees and $ 64,000 in costs, roughly half the value of the estate.

While a trial judge has wide discretion to determine the appropriate amount of a fee award, the SJC said, it was sending this case back because the judge appeared not to have evaluated the lawyers» billing records.

Therefore, if a victim of discrimination took two years to find another job, based on the new human rights principles, a judge could award her two years» wages, and her legal fees, whereas that same individual may previously only have been entitled to a few months» pay.

U.S. District Judge Anthony Battaglia entered the fee award after determining that the plaintiffs» claims «were objectively baseless and brought in subjective bad faith.»

Subsequently, the trial judge awarded $ 294,271 in attorney's fees to District and against Roosevelt Lofts under the «tort of another» doctrine for work associated with a bankruptcy proceeding, the underlying action (especially an appeal), and a quiet title against another party basically affiliated with Roosevelt Lofts.

The Arizona Court of Appeals in the Myrick v. Maloney case provided a good discussion from the court of appeals regarding a judge's discretion to balance both factors (reasonableness and disparity in financial resources) to award or decline an award of attorneys fees.

From what I have been able to find, this is the first published opinion in which a federal judge expressly awarded fees to cover the cost of technology - assisted review.

Third, the trial judge did factor in the failure to seek ADR, but this did not dispositively impact the fee award in this situation.

Attorney Keith L. Miller has tried c. 93A claims to judges and juries and has obtained awards, including multiple damages and attorney's fees.

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45 (c)(1) allows a district judge issuing a subpoena to award appropriate sanctions, including lost earnings and reasonable attorney's fees, against a party or attorney responsible for issuing and serving a subpoena that imposes «undue burden or expense» on a person subject to the subpoena.

The trial judge only awarded $ 1,500 for «fees on fees» based on a lack of detail.

Judge Silver expressed her exasperation with Goodyear's conduct by using her inherent authority to award $ 2.7 million in attorney fees and costs as well as ordering Goodyear to file a copy of her order sanctioning its behavior in any subsequent G159 litigation.

As far as reasonableness of fees, the trial judge did discount for duplicative work between the two attorneys» SLAPP motions, including a substantial reduction for attorney # 2's fees — inefficiency / duplicative efforts were indeed factored into the ultimate awards.

The amount of money that is awarded for these damages is usually determined by a jury, although a judge must often approve the final verdict, sometimes adding interest and attorney's fees to the total.

Although a voluntarily dismissal usually has adverse consequences, a different matter in the SLAPP context — the trial judge still has to determine if the SLAPP motion had merit in order to justify a fee award.

-- authored by Circuit Judge Hurwitz [majority decision] and concurring opinion by Circuit Judge Reinhardt; discussed in our Oct. 10, 2015 post: District court in Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act case which substantially reduced fee request was reversed based upon its reliance on inapt practice area hourly rates, upon its discounts for plaintiff's attorneys not delegating tasks to associates given that only small firms prosecuted these type of cases, and upon its use of stale prior fee awards involving fee claimant's attorneys.

The divorce judge awarded wife half the marital assets in the amount of $ 2.5 million dollars, plus $ 12,000 a month in spousal support and $ 35,000 for her attorney's fees and costs.

granted, No. 14 - 103, before the U.S. Supreme Court, centers upon the issue of whether Section 330 (a) of the Bankruptcy Code grants bankruptcy judges discretion to award compensation for the defense of a fee application (i.e., fees for fees).

2014) is a situation where a Massachusetts appellate court held that trial judges have discretion to award attorney fees for work performed by in - house counsel for claims brought under the state's unfair trade practices law.

Two months ago, Judge Gale awarded OTB $ 38,000 in attorneys» fees as sanctions for the Doan firm's failure to comply with discovery orders, as is described on the North Carolina Business Litigation Report blog.

But elsewhere in February, federal judges in two states slapped separate Medtronic divisions with huge attorneys» fees awards over their litigation tactics in patent cases — one in Massachusetts for $ 10 million - plus and another in Colorado expected to total several million dollars.

As the article reports, a federal judge awarded $ 957,710 in attorney fees, plus costs and prejudgment interest, to Skadden Arps for its pro bono representation of a group of waiters, busboys and captains who sued their restaurant - employer for unlawfully witholding tips in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act and the New York Labor Law.

The judge awarded $ 25 plus $ 9,000 in attorneys» fees and $ 2,170 in costs.

As we have observed before, federal courts generally require more detailed substantiation in support of fee requests and require district judges to explain their fees awards with some specificity.

Usually, a winning SLAPP defendant has to apportion fees attributable to SLAPP activities, but this decision allows the trial judge to award extra-SLAPP fees as long as the other activities were «on the contract» under Civil Code section 1717 for purposes of fee recovery in the entire litigation matter.

Last Friday, Judge Breyer awarded $ 175 million in attorney's fees and costs to the plaintiffs» lawyers, Courthouse News Service reports.

Now, U.S. District Judge Manuel L. Real has reconsidered the fee issues and determined that the conflicted lead class counsel was entitled to no fees at all, although awarding lead conflicted counsel over $ 1.2 million in reimbursable expenses.

With respect to the size of the fee award, the appellate court was «not unmindful» of this factor, but gave credence to the trial judge's assessment that plaintiff used a classic «shotgun» litigation strategy, so he bore substantial responsibility and should have expected Bank would incur substantial fees.

However, a trial judge has discreton to dny a plaintiff costs (fees included) where the judgment could have been rendered in a court of lesser jurisdiction, meaning the compensatory award is $ 25,000 or less.

Supplemental fees for posttrial and appellate work are allowed under interpretative case law, with the trial judge exercising judgment in reducing for what he deemed to be excessive work when fashioning his $ 15,000 award.

A Superior Court judge awarded our client $ 661,000 in attorneys» fees.

Tenant requested attorney's fees based on a $ 150,000 lodestar but the trial judge awarded only $ 10,000 after observing that there were questionable billing practices by the prevailing party's attorneys, only about $ 25,000 in claims were involved on both sides, tenant was unsuccessful on some claims, and there were contentious skirmishes of an unreasonable nature.

The trial judge had awarded prevailing City $ 266,870.40 in fees, primarily the lodestar request plus a 10 % enhancement (including work on a cross-complaint) and only $ 2,250 for «fees on fees» work (presenting the fee motion for adjudication).

U.S. District Court Judge Awards Over $ 2.5 Million In Fees And Costs To Lawyers Representing Two Plaintiffs In U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Case Main In The News....

While awarding costs is always in the discretion of the presiding judge, as a rule of thumb litigants can expect to receive a cost award that reflects 40 % — 70 % of the fees they actually incurred.