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Lodestar

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

lodestar


[perhaps from the notion of the lodestar as a guiding light or principle]
: the amount obtained by multiplying the reasonable amount of hours spent by an attorney working on a case by the reasonable hourly billing rate for purposes of calculating an award of attorney's fees




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