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California Courts of Appeal

Mar. 7, 2013

No go for additional $3 million in attorneys' fees, court rules

A prominent plaintiff's attorney and Los Angeles law firm lost their bid for an additional $3 million in attorneys' fees just one week after oral argument.


By Emily Green


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN FRANCISCO - Several lawsuits are pending in the roughly $350 million estate Herbalife Ltd. founder Mark R. Hughes left his only son, but on Wednesday a state appellate court closed the lid - at least for now - on one of them.


One short week after the former attorneys of Hughes' ex-wife argued in court that they should receive an extra $3 million in attorneys' fees, the 1st District Court o...

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