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LAFFITTE v. ROBERT HALF INTERNATIONAL (BRENNAN)

Appellant’s Opening Brief on the Merits

57 Cited authorities

  1. Hensley v. Eckerhart

    461 U.S. 424 (1983)   Cited 21,571 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding a civil-rights plaintiff can recover attorney's fees for claims that "involve a common core of facts or will be based on related legal theories," even if only one of those claims arises under a fee-shifting statute

  2. Perdue v. Kenny A.

    559 U.S. 542 (2010)   Cited 2,471 times   13 Legal Analyses
    Holding that enhancement is permitted only in "rare circumstances in which the lodestar does not adequately take into account a factor that may properly be considered"

  3. Jones v. GN Netcom, Inc.

    654 F.3d 935 (9th Cir. 2011)   Cited 1,456 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that district courts should "award only that amount of fees that is reasonable in relation to the results obtained," even where counting all hours reasonably spent would produce a larger fees award

  4. Ketchum v. Moses

    24 Cal.4th 1122 (Cal. 2001)   Cited 1,736 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "the party seeking a fee enhancement bears the burden of proof

  5. Goldberger v. Integrated Resources, Inc.

    209 F.3d 43 (2d Cir. 2000)   Cited 869 times
    Holding that risk must be measured at the time the lawsuit is filed

  6. Horsford v. Board of Trustees of California State University

    132 Cal.App.4th 359 (Cal. Ct. App. 2005)   Cited 513 times   2 Legal Analyses
    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

  7. City of Detroit v. Grinnell Corporation

    495 F.2d 448 (2d Cir. 1974)   Cited 1,389 times
    Holding that Section 4 does not authorize award of attorney's fees to a plaintiff who settles his claim with the defendant

  8. McDaniel v. County of Schenectady

    595 F.3d 411 (2d Cir. 2010)   Cited 365 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding courts may award attorney's fees in common fund cases under either the lodestar or percentage method

  9. Serrano v. Priest

    20 Cal.3d 25 (Cal. 1977)   Cited 942 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding that denying benefits of the private attorney general rule to funded public-interest attorneys would be essentially inconsistent with the rule itself

  10. Lindy Bros. Bldrs., Phila. v. Am. R. S. San

    487 F.2d 161 (3d Cir. 1973)   Cited 875 times
    Finding "value of an attorney's time generally is reflected in his normal billing rate"

  11. Section 201 - Short title

    29 U.S.C. § 201   Cited 20,918 times   102 Legal Analyses
    Setting fourteen as the minimum age for most non-agricultural work

  12. Section 1001 - Congressional findings and declaration of policy

    29 U.S.C. § 1001   Cited 20,521 times   59 Legal Analyses
    Noting that ERISA was enacted “to protect ... employee benefit plans and their beneficiaries”

  13. Section 17200 - Unfair competition defined

    Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200   Cited 17,837 times   315 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting unlawful business practices

  14. Section 203 - Failure to pay; penalties

    Cal. Lab. Code § 203   Cited 1,622 times   22 Legal Analyses
    Providing that any willfully unpaid wages "shall continue as a penalty from the due date thereof at the same rate until paid or until an action therefor is commenced"

  15. Section 6148 - Contract for services in excess of $1,000

    Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 6148   Cited 141 times

    (a) In any case not coming within Section 6147 in which it is reasonably foreseeable that total expense to a client, including attorney fees, will exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), the contract for services in the case shall be in writing. At the time the contract is entered into, the attorney shall provide a duplicate copy of the contract signed by both the attorney and the client, or the client's guardian or representative, to the client or to the client's guardian or representative. The written

  16. Section 6147 - Contingency fee contract

    Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 6147   Cited 137 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Requiring " statement as to what extent, if any, the client could be required to pay any compensation to the attorney for related matters that arise out of their relationship not covered by their contingency fee contract"

  17. Rule 8.100 - Filing the appeal

    Cal. R. 8.100   Cited 772 times

    (a)Notice of appeal (1) To appeal from a superior court judgment or an appealable order of a superior court, other than in a limited civil case, an appellant must serve and file a notice of appeal in that superior court. The appellant or the appellant's attorney must sign the notice. (2) The notice of appeal must be liberally construed. The notice is sufficient if it identifies the particular judgment or order being appealed. The notice need not specify the court to which the appeal is taken; the