How has the court considered the Hensley v. Eckerhart factor in determining a reasonable attorney's fee?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Orchano v. Advanced Recovery, Inc., 107 F.3d 94 (2nd Cir. 1997):

The court has also considered other factors that may aid a court in determining a reasonable attorney's fee. "The product of reasonable hours times a reasonable rate does not end the inquiry. There remain[ ] other considerations that may lead the district court to adjust the fee upward or downward...." Hensley v. Eckerhart, 461 U.S. 424, 434, 103 S.Ct. 1933 [1940], 76 L.Ed.2d 40 (1983). "Indeed, the most critical factor in determining the reasonableness

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First Fee Ruling at 4-5 (footnote omitted). The district court listed the 12 Hensley v. Eckerhart factors as follows:

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