Law Practice,
Labor/Employment,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Jan. 9, 2020
9th Circuit upholds denial of $1M in expert fees
The district court denied appellants’ motion because they prevailed on only one of 10 claims and the judge did not rely on any particular expert’s conclusions in reaching his decision.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the denial of nearly $1 million in experts' fees to attorneys who represented 20,000 Edison workers in a class action.
Filed in 2007 under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, class members claimed Edison International breached its fiduciary duty in administering a retirement savings plan which, as a result of Edison's improper disbursement of funds and "hidden revenue sharin...
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