The Little Cottage Caregivers v. Katchko CA2/7
Attorney Yelena Katchko and her law firm Katchko, Vitiello & Karikom, P.C. (KVK; collectively, the Katchko defendants) appeal from an order denying their motion for attorneys’ fees and costs after the trial court granted their special motion to strike (Code Civ. Proc., § 425.16; anti-SLAPP statute) the complaint for fraud and related claims filed by Adie Meiri, Vietnam Nguyen, and Little Cottage Caregivers, LLC (Little Cottage; collectively, the Little Cottage plaintiffs). The Katchko defendants contend section 425.16, subdivision (c), mandates that a prevailing defendant on a special motion to strike “shall” recover its attorneys’ fees, and the trial court did not have discretion to deny fees entirely. Little Cottage argues the trial court had discretion to deny an unreasonable fee request, and the court did not abuse its discretion because the Katchko defendants’ fees motion was inflated and unsupported. We agree the trial court had discretion to deny an unreasonable reque
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