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18 May 2019, 9:27 am
The Lodestar approach has long been in use in the federal courts when fees may be awarded under a fee-shifting statute (such as the civil rights act), but was limited in Texas state court mostly to employment discrimination cases and cases in which an attorney chose to present Lodestar-type evidence in support of a claim under a fee-shifting statute.The essence of the Lodestar method for valuing attorney work in litigation consists of a simple formula: reasonable hourly rate of the… [read post]
26 Apr 2019, 9:53 am
Contrary to the Court’s meek disclaimer, it was not at all clear that the holding in El Apple applied across the board, as opposed to just the employment context, where Texas substantive law is an analogue to federal civil rights law, and perhaps a few other select areas of law. [read post]
