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· 4/16/2008

B & G Mining, Inc. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs

Citations

  • 522 F.3d 657
  • 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 8123
  • 2008 WL 1733238

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • observing that “attorneys who bill in tenth-hour increments might also overbill-the risk exists under both methods”
  • noting that “receiving and filing correspondence presumably constitutes clerical work” which is not reimbursable
  • “[Cjourts are permitted to, and in deed should, consider prior fee awards in determining the proper attorney’s fee rate”
  • “By looking . . . to the level of experience, an adjudicator could reasonably conclude that a more experienced attorney would command a higher market rate than a less seasoned one, ceteris paribus.”
  • “By looking . . . to the level of experience, an adjudicator could reasonably conclude that a more experienced attorney would command a higher market rate than a less seasoned one, ceteris paribus.”
  • “receiving and filing correspondence presumably constitutes clerical work”

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Judges: Clay, McKeague, Boyko

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