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Attorney's fees are not recoverable as a matter of course in California ("American rule"), but many statutes authorize or require fee awards: CCP §1717 (prevailing-party contract fee clauses), CCP §1021.5 (private attorney general), fee-shifting provisions in employment, consumer, and anti-SLAPP statutes, and more. This page indexes attorney's-fees-motion tentative rulings.
Attorney's fees are not recoverable as a matter of course in California ("American rule"), but many statutes authorize or require fee awards: CCP §1717 (prevailing-party contract fee clauses), CCP §1021.5 (private attorney general), fee-shifting provisions in employment, consumer, and anti-SLAPP statutes, and more. This page indexes attorney's-fees-motion tentative rulings.
DecisionDepot tracks grant rates, denial rates, and outcome breakdowns for attorney's fees motions across 34+ California Superior Court counties. The live statistics on this page are derived from every indexed tentative ruling matching this motion type — updated continuously as new rulings arrive.