The following excerpt is from Ferrari v. U.S. Equities Corp., No. 15-3573-cv (2nd Cir. 2016):
This reasoning is not consistent with the lodestar calculation, which, as already noted, is intended to "produce[] an award that roughly approximates the fee that the prevailing attorney would have received if he or she had been representing a paying client who was billed by the hour in a comparable case." Perdue v. Kenny A. ex rel. Winn, 559 U.S. at 551 (emphasis omitted). The effect of an attorney's conduct on the amount of time opposing counsel spends on a given task does not inform that determination. Put another way, it is not likely that a reasonable client would demand to pay less because his opponent had to pay more.
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