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Panel debates reasonableness rules for attorney-fee awards in suits involving the state (SB 39)
Summary
Sen. Greg Hertz’s SB 39 would add detailed reasonableness requirements for attorney-fee awards, including time‑entry detail and limits on certain expenses; testimony highlighted ambiguities about whether the bill applies only to awards against the state.
Senator Greg Hertz, Senate District 7, told the Judiciary Committee that Senate Bill 39 seeks to define “reasonableness” when courts award attorney fees, proposing required itemized time entries, limits on duplicative counsel at depositions and oral arguments, and caps tied to statewide average hourly rates for attorneys with less than 10 years’ practice.
Hertz described bill provisions requiring task‑level time entries (billed in…
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