Brian Uphoff and David Damon, Individually and on Behalf of a Class of Employees v. Elegant Bath, Ltd., Chuck Does It All, Inc., and Charles L. Crosby

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• holding that a party’s non-testifying expert’s fees were not recoverable under 29 U.S.C. § 216(b)
• explaining that when plaintiff does not meet its burden of proving counsel’s market rate, district court is entitled to make its own determination of reasonable hourly rate
• affirming the district court’s reduction of the lawyers’ proposed fee by where the lawyers provided nothing but self-serving affidavits in support of their proposed rates
• affirming district court’s reduction of hours spent on fee motion from 9.9 hours to 1.6 hours
• affirming the district court’s reduction of the lawyers’ proposed fee by approximately 40%—from $190 to $115—where the lawyers provided nothing but self-serving affidavits in support of their proposed rates
• affirming the district court’s reduction of the lawyers’ proposed fee by approximately 40%—from $190 to $115—where the lawyers provided nothing but self-serving affidavits in support of their proposed rates

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