What is the test for compensation for attorney's time?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Heritage Pac. Fin., LLC v. Monroy, A135274, A136043 (Cal. App. 2013):
interrelated, nonfrivolous, and raised in good faith. . . . [T]he most critical factor is the degree of success obtained." (Hensley v. Eckerhart, supra, 461 U.S. at p. 436, italics added.) To be compensable, an attorney's time must be "reasonable in relation to the success achieved." (Ibid.)
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