Lively v. Flexible Packaging Ass'n

How courts have described this case

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

• cautioning that the goal of fee-shifting provisions is not to provide counsel with a windfall but to attract competent counsel
• accepting Laffey Matrix as one of a number of legitimate ways of calculating attorney's fees where a prevailing party is statutorily entitled to attorneys’ fees
• accepting the Laffey Matrix as one legitimate means of calculating attorney’s fees and using it as a starting point instead of an automatic application
• accepting the Laffey Matrix as one legitimate means of calculating attorney’s fees and using it as a starting point instead of an automatic application
• accepting the Laffey Matrix as one legitimate means of calculating attorney’s fees and using it as a starting point instead of an automatic application
• accepting the Laffey Matrix as one legitimate means of calculating attorney’s fees and using it as a starting point instead of an automatic application

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).