California Supreme Court
May 24, 2016
State Supreme Court to review attorney fee awards in class actions
It has been nearly four decades since the state Supreme Court established that attorney fee awards in class actions should be tied to lawyers' billing rates and hours worked, but a case scheduled for argument Friday has prompted the high court to reexamine the issue.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
It has been nearly four decades since the state Supreme Court established that attorney fee awards in class actions should be tied to lawyers' billing rates and hours worked, but a case scheduled for argument Friday has prompted the high court to reexamine the issue.
The underlying dispute involves a class of nearly 4,000 workers who pursued a wage-and-hour lawsuit against Robert Half Internationa...
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