McGrath v. American Nat. Bank

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• concluding that the time spent in responding to discovery under Rule 26(b)(4)(E)(i) includes a reasonable amount of time spent by the expert preparing for a deposition, not just time spent at the deposition
• declining to apply the same hourly rate for an expert’s preparation time as his deposition time and finding that $200 per hour was appropriate for preparation time compared to the expert’s typical hourly rate of $500
• 3.5 hours was reasonable amount of time for expert to prepare for a 1.5 hour deposition taken more than a year after preparation of his report but hourly rate for preparation was reduced from $500 per hour to $200 per hour
• awarding compensation for deposition preparation time
• awarding compensation for deposition preparation time

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