Adorno v. Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

How courts have described this case

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• finding that courts should not exclude time spent on an unsuccessful claim where that claim is “interrelated and required essentially the same proof” as a successful claim
• awarding $550/hour to plaintiffs lead counsel with over thirty years of experience; $500/hour to co-counsel less experienced in employment law, and $250/hour to mid-level associate with six years of experience in “complex and difficult” employment discrimination case
• “A rate of $550 is ... consistent with rates awarded in this district for experienced'civil rights lawyers”
• “A rate of $550 is . . . consistent with rates awarded in this district for experienced civil rights lawyers.”
• “While block-billing is disfavored and may lack the specificity required for an award of attorneys’ fees, it is not prohibited as long as the [c]ourt can determine the reasonableness of the work performed.” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• “While block-billing is disfavored and may lack the specificity required for an award of attorneys’ fees, it is not prohibited as long as the [c]ourt can determine the reasonableness of the work performed.” (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).