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Labor/Employment

Feb. 11, 2000

Fair Fee

Fair Fee 'Weeks' May Discourage Attorneys From Taking FEHA Cases By Sean McGee The "American Rule" holds that litigants are responsible for paying their own attorney fees, unless there is either an express statutory exception allowing fee shifting or a contract between the parties that grants legal fees to the prevailing party . Trope v. Katz , 11 Cal.4th 274 (1995). One of the many statutory exceptions to this rule can be found under the employment discrimination laws in the Fair Employment

By Sean McGee
        The "American Rule" holds that litigants are responsible for paying their own attorney fees, unless there is either an express statutory exception allowing fee shifting or a contract between the parties that grants legal fees to the prevailing party . Trope v. Katz, 11 Cal.4th 274 (1995). One of the many statutory exceptions to this rule can be found under th...

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