Attorneys' Fees Recoverable for Unfair Competition Claims

(Expert) In a binding arbitration award, pursuant to California Civil Code ยง 2860, Judge R. William Schoettler found that the attorneys fees incurred by counsel for defense of the underlying action styled as Kwik-Lok Corp. v. World Manufacturing, Inc., U.S.D.C., E.D. Washington Case No. CV-90-3025-AAA, was appropriate at the rates of (a) $225.00 per hour for partners; (b) $150.00 per hour for associates; and (c) $75.00 per hour for paralegals, for unfair competition and trademark claims. This was 25% higher than the insurance company wanted to pay.

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Broker's Failure to Secure Media Policy Malpractice For Leisure World

(Expert) A jury awarded $300,000.00 as compensatory and punitive damages in a suit against an insurance broker that failed to advise a publisher that the CGL policy it sold to the owner of a telephone directory for Leisure World excluded any coverage for conduct by a publisher and that free-standing media policies were available, which, if they had been procured, would have covered the policyholder for a subsequently asserted copyright infringement lawsuit.

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