· 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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