Source: https://www.lacba.org/news-and-publications/lacba-update/july-2016-update/ethics-article-july-2016
Timestamp: 2019-04-20 14:52:22+00:00

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A prior Advisory from the Committee on Mandatory Fee Arbitration had cautioned that the practice of block billing could increase time by 10-30%.24 Therefore, arbitrators can apply a reasonable percentage to block-billed entries or even disregard them entirely. In Christian Research Institute, the court found that block billing, “while not objectionable per se in our view, exacerbated the vagueness of counsel’s fee request….”25.
The author is the dean of St. Francis School of Law in Newport Beach, and a member and former chair of the Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Professional Responsibility and Ethics Committee, and current member of the California State Bar’s Committee on Mandatory Fee Arbitration.
2 Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 6148(b).
3 Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 6148(c).
4 Arbitration Advisory 95-02, Standards for Attorney Fee Billing Statements (6/9/1995).
5 Cal. State Bar Formal Opn. 1996-147 (1996).
6 Cal. State Bar Formal Opn. 1996-147 (1996).
7 Cal. Rules of Prof’l Conduct, Rule 4-200.
8 Arbitration Advisory 2016-02, at p. 3.
9 Arbitration Advisory 2016-02, at p. 4.
10 Arbitration Advisory 2016-02, at p. 8.
11 Arbitration Advisory 2016-02, at p. 8-9.
12 Arbitration Advisory 2016-02, at p. 3-4.
13 Arbitration Advisory 2016-02, at p. 5-6.
14 Christian Research Institute v. Alnor, 165 Cal.App.4th 1315, 1326 (2008).
15 Arbitration Advisory 2016-02, at p. 6-7.
16 Christian Research Institute v. Alnor, supra, 165 Cal.App.4th at 1327-28.
19 Arbitration Advisory 2016-02, at 9-10; see, e.g., In re Tom Carter Enterprises, Inc,. 55 B.R. 548, 550 (C.D. Cal. 1985).
20 See, e.g., Bell v. Vista Unified School Dist., 82 Cal.App.4th 672, 687-689 (2000).
21 Heritage Park Financial v. Monroy, 215 Cal.App.4th 972 (2014).
22 In re Tom Carter Enterprises, Inc., 55 B.R. 548 (C.D. Cal. 1985).
24 Arbitration Advisory 95-02, Standards for Attorney Fee Billing Statements (6/9/1995).
25 Christian Research v. Alnor, supra, at 1325.

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