What is the lodestar for calculating the amount of reasonable hours expended by a single person to meet a reasonable hourly rate?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Hasbrouck v. Texaco, Inc., 879 F.2d 632 (9th Cir. 1989):
2 The lodestar is the amount derived from the reasonable hours expended multiplied by a reasonable hourly rate. City of Riverside v. Rivera, 477 U.S. 561, 568, 106 S.Ct. 2686, 2691-92, 91 L.Ed.2d 466 (1986).
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