Ideal Electronic Security Co. v. International Fidelity Insurance

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• holding that a similar “prima facie evidence” clause “shifts to [the indemnitors] the burden of proving that the fees claimed are excessive”
• recognizing, when attorney fees are requested pursuant to a contract, that if the “entitlement to attorney’s fees has been ascertained, the determination of a reasonable fee award is for the trial court”
• explaining that a claim for attorney’s fees requires nonredacted billing statements
• noting aspect of waiver of attorney client privilege in claim for attorney’s fees supported by billing statements
• explaining, in the attorney-client privilege context, that privilege is implicitly waived when “the client places otherwise privileged matters in controversy”
• involving indemnity agreement that provided “the Surety shall be entitled to charge for any and all disbursements made by it in good faith” (internal quotation marks omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).