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Bill to define 'reasonable' attorney fees draws questions about scope and state cases
Summary
SB 39 would set detailed documentation standards for 'reasonable' attorney-fee awards—including task descriptions, tenth-hour billing increments, and limits on multiple attorneys at depositions—but opponents cautioned the measure may overreach and should explicitly state whether it applies only to fees against the state.
Senator Greg Hertz presented Senate Bill 39 to the Senate Judiciary Committee as a companion measure from the Senate Select Committee on Judicial Oversight. The sponsor said the bill defines what courts should consider reasonable when awarding attorney fees: itemized descriptions of tasks performed, billing increments (tenths of an hour), documentation that an attorney has received the stated hourly rate…
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