American Association of Retired Persons, Older Women's League and Nella S. Gent v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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• concern about evasion of party eligibility requirements is highest where one counsel represents more than one party, especially where the wealth of one or more of those parties would likely cause disqualification from recovering fees
• “[U]nder the EAJA, [the prevailing party] should be able to recover ‘reasonable fees and expenses’ of attorneys for their independently retained pro bono counsel despite the fact that, if we denied fees, they [the prevailing party] would not pay any fees to counsel.”
• “[U]nder the EAJA, [the prevailing party] should be able to recover ‘reasonable fees and expenses’ of attorneys for their independently retained pro bono counsel despite the fact that, if we denied fees, they [the prevailing party] would not pay any fees to counsel.”

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