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Employment (Focus & Forum)

Dec. 27, 2008

To the Victor Go the Toils

Defendants in frivolous FEHA actions are now left to wonder: is there any case in which they will be able to recover their fees, write Leonid M. Zilberman and Mary P. Snyder. - Employment Column

EMPLOYMENT COLUMN

By Leonid M. Zilberman and Mary P. Snyder

The United States inherited much of its legal system from England. But one feature of the British legal system that never quite made it across the pond is the requirement that a losing party pays the winner's legal fees. Indeed, in most other countries around the world, the loser must pay the winner's reasonable attorney fees and costs. As the costs of litigation continue to spiral out o...

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