Litigation & Arbitration
Jan. 31, 2024
Amount, manner of O'Melveny's billing not protected conduct
The appellate ruling arises from a cross-complaint filed by Ocean Towers against O'Melveny in 2021 after the latter sued the former client for unpaid fees in a separate case totaling $1,040,197.
O'Melveny & Myers LLP failed its attempt to have allegations of bill padding and conflict of interest stricken in a case where it claimed that a cooperative housing corporation owed more than $1 million dollars in attorney fees.
However, the firm also managed to win from the 2nd District Court of Appeal a reversal of much of the lower court ruling that struck down an anti-SLAPP motion.
"We affirm the denial of the anti-SLAPP motion with respect to all allegati...
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