What is the test for determining attorneys' fees?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Castro v. Paragon Indus., Inc., No. 1:19-cv-00755-DAD-SKO (E.D. Cal. 2020):
In evaluating the award of attorneys' fees, "courts have discretion to employ either the lodestar method or the percentage-of-recovery method." Bluetooth, 654 F.3d at 942 (citations omitted). Under either approach, "[r]easonableness is the goal, and mechanical or formulaic application of either method, where it yields an unreasonable result, can be an abuse of discretion." Fischel v. Equitable Life Assurance Soc'y of U.S., 307 F.3d 997, 1007 (9th Cir. 2002).
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