Welch v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that courts may apply a percentage reduction, but only to hours actually block billed
• holding that the use of block-billing does not justify an across-the-board reduction or rejection of all hours
• holding that an ERISA plaintiff may conduct discovery in order 14 to show a conflict of interest
• recognizing the block billing may inflate fees by 10-30% and approving a 20% reduction for block-billed time
• concluding “the requested fees 17 of $375 and $400 per hour were established as being in line with prevailing community rates”
• recognizing a district court’s “authority to reduce hours that are billed in block format”

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