California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Shalant v. Mackston, B271189 (Cal. App. 2017):
With respect to the reasonableness of the hourly rates charged by defense counsel, we previously concluded that plaintiffs failed to demonstrate any abuse of discretion by the trial court in finding the rates charged were reasonable. (Shalant v. Mackston, supra, B250208.) Defense counsel is seeking the same hourly rate for his work, and the rate assigned to the associate who assisted him was raised to equal his rate. There is no basis for a finding the hourly rates are not reasonable.
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