Tlacoapa v. Carregal

How courts have described this case

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

• reducing paralegal rate where limited information was provided regarding paralegals’ qualifications and the nature of their work
• reducing hours where “tasks were performed by individuals more qualified, and therefore more highly compensated, than necessary”
• upholding FLSA verdict based on alter ego liability where entities commingled accounts and funds
• reducing hours billed by 35% in part because the legal research “could easily have been performed by Ms. Bernstein,” who the court described as “a junior attorney with limited experience”
• awarding $200/hour to FLSA litigator at small firm with nine years’ experience
• “Courts in this Circuit regularly reduce attorney’s fees by 50% for travel time.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).