A Brooklyn judge has followed a recent appellate precedent requiring him to consider only the average hourly rates in the Eastern District of New York when assessing attorney fees, rather than those of the broader metropolitan area, including Manhattan, where the plaintiffs’ firm is located.
But in a lengthy footnote, the judge set forth the reasons he believes he should not have had to make that decision.
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