Kilpatrick Townsend


Insights: Publications California District Court Abused Discretion in Awarding Fees by Relying on Unsupported Conclusions and by Giving Certain Evidence Undue Weight National Law Review, Volume VI, Number 342 December 7, 2016 Written by The record must support the circumstances upon which a district court relies in finding a case exceptional and awarding fees. Courts should use the lodestar method as a presumptively reasonable method for calculating attorney's fees, by multiplying the number of reasonable hours billed by a reasonable hourly billing rate.

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California District Court Abused Discretion in Awarding Fees by Relying on Unsupported Conclusions and by Giving Certain Evidence Undue Weight

National Law Review, Volume VI, Number 342

December 7, 2016

Written by

The record must support the circumstances upon which a district court relies in finding a case exceptional and awarding fees. Courts should use the lodestar method as a presumptively reasonable method for calculating attorney's fees, by multiplying the number of reasonable hours billed by a reasonable hourly billing rate.