Electronic Privacy Informationa Center v. Federal Bureau of Investigation

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• concluding that “given that the first three factors favor an award of fees and the fourth is neutral,” plaintiff was entitled to fees
• finding it “reasonable” that “counsel reviewed the . . . documents the [agency] produced during this case to ensure the agency’s compliance with FOIA”
• finding it “reasonable that EPIC’s counsel reviewed the 2,462 pages of documents the FBI produced during this case to ensure the agency’s compliance with FOIA” and court order
• finding it “reasonable that EPIC’s counsel reviewed the 2,462 pages of documents the FBI produced during this case to ensure the agency’s compliance with FOIA” and court order
• finding EPIC was entitled to attorneys’ fees even though the fourth factor was neutral
• “The proper statutory inquiry . . . is whether the fees requested were reasonably incurred in litigating the case.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).