Finding no error in awarding "prevailing market rate for comparable legal services in San Francisco, where counsel is located" in a case heard in Los Angeles
Holding that failure to consider that payment for the case was deferred for four years in discussion of whether a multiplier was warranted was an abuse of discretion
Holding that objecting party bears the burden of specifying items challenged with sufficient evidence and argument and "[g]eneral arguments that fees claimed are excessive, duplicative, or unrelated do not suffice"
85 Cal.App.4th 1400 (Cal. Ct. App. 2001) Cited 227 times
Holding statements made by attorney "while negotiating stipulated settlement of [an] unlawful detainer action" were "privileged under subdivision (b) of Civil Code section 47"
Holding that "a party who partially prevails on an anti-SLAPP motion must generally be considered a prevailing party unless the results of the motion were so insignificant that the party did not achieve any practical benefit from bringing the motion"
Affirming attorney fee award to party whose anti-SLAPP motion obtained a "'significant victory'" by "'prevent[ing] the City from compelling [him] to undertake significant construction and work'"