Petitioner filed a motion for attorneys’ fees and costs in the amount of $180,104.01 under the Vaccine Act, which permits an award of reasonable attorney’s…
Plaintiff’s counsel was hired to perform an advocacy role for a class of plaintiffs composed of former Willowbrook State Developmental Center patients in N.Y.A.R.C., et…
When determining the reasonableness of attorneys’ fees within a block billed line item, the Court looks to how detailed the line item description is and…
Block billing is almost an unavoidable issue in cases dealing with ascertaining appropriate attorneys’ fees. Some jurisdictions, as the one in Pierce v. Atl. Specialty…
In National Council of La Raza, et al. v. Barbara K. Cegavske, the court accepted Defendants’ argument that Plaintiffs “over lawyered” the case through needless…
In Dagostino v. Computer Credit, Inc., the plaintiff brought suit under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (the “FDCPA”). 2017 WL 776086 (E.D.N.Y. Feb. 28,…