https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts A running, sourced record of court rulings that reduced attorney fee awards for block billing, vague entries, reconstructed time, and missing contemporaneous records. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/huang-v-university-of-texas-arlington-txnd-4-25-cv-00181-0https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/huang-v-university-of-texas-arlington-txnd-4-25-cv-00181-0Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTJudge Pittman awarded $196,355.25 in Title VII fees, cutting 10% from the $218,172.50 requested because of block billing. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/nichole-sliney-realty-team-inc-v-mount-vernon-fire-insurance-mad-1-25-cv-11145-1https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/nichole-sliney-realty-team-inc-v-mount-vernon-fire-insurance-mad-1-25-cv-11145-1Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTThe court excluded administrative tasks billed as legal work and applied a 15% global cut because 108.3 of 207.4 billed hours were block-billed. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/automotive-lift-institute-inc-v-dami-co-llc-nynd-5-25-cv-01010-0https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/automotive-lift-institute-inc-v-dami-co-llc-nynd-5-25-cv-01010-0Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTCourt awarded 20.8 hours in an intellectual property fee request, cutting 4.1 hours for block billing and lowering a paralegal hourly rate. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/global-approach-inc-v-scottsdale-insurance-company-flsd-1-24-cv-22531-4https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/global-approach-inc-v-scottsdale-insurance-company-flsd-1-24-cv-22531-4Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTThe court awarded Wilson Elser $33,899.80 of a $35,684 fee request, cutting 5% because some time entries were block billed. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/innovative-sports-management-inc-v-lizcano-cand-5-25-cv-07588-1https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/innovative-sports-management-inc-v-lizcano-cand-5-25-cv-07588-1Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTJudge Noël Wise reduced a $16,562.50 fee request to $11,593.75, applying a 25% cut for non-contemporaneous billing records and 10% for excessive hours. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/perez-v-evolet-s-painting-service-llc-azd-2-25-cv-01886-5https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/perez-v-evolet-s-painting-service-llc-azd-2-25-cv-01886-5Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTMagistrate judge recommended reducing a wage and hour fee award, lowering the hourly rate and excluding 0.3 hours of clerical work and 1.2 hours of fees-on-fees time. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/davalos-v-unknown-party-azd-2-24-cv-02298-0https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/davalos-v-unknown-party-azd-2-24-cv-02298-0Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTD. Arizona reduced a sanctions fee award from $54,017 to $47,981.63, including $302 for clerical work billed as legal work. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/zommick-v-lewis-construction-company-llc-azd-2-23-cv-00636-2https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/zommick-v-lewis-construction-company-llc-azd-2-23-cv-00636-2Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTD. Arizona reduced a Fair Labor Standards Act fee award by $1,147.50, cutting hours for clerical tasks and vague entries. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/fernandez-emley-v-ford-motor-company-cand-3-25-cv-11031-1https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/fernandez-emley-v-ford-motor-company-cand-3-25-cv-11031-1Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTCourt awarded $18,244.75 of $27,274.80 in fees, cutting $9,030.05 for block billing, excessive hours, and other reasons. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/echo-mav-llc-aka-echomav-llc-tneb-3-25-bk-31122-0https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/echo-mav-llc-aka-echomav-llc-tneb-3-25-bk-31122-0Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTBankruptcy court awarded $311,852.45 of $426,730.97 requested, including costs, applying a 26.9% reduction that included block billing. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/leopold-v-u-s-secret-service-dcd-1-22-cv-01923-1https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/leopold-v-u-s-secret-service-dcd-1-22-cv-01923-1Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTD.D.C. awarded $67,995.40 in FOIA fees, down from $94,949.20, applying reductions for limited success, excessive hours, duplicative staffing, and reconstructed time. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/g-g-closed-circuit-events-llc-v-navarro-gonzalez-caed-2-21-cv-00355-5https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/g-g-closed-circuit-events-llc-v-navarro-gonzalez-caed-2-21-cv-00355-5Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTCourt awarded $18,616.50 of $51,122.50 in fees, reducing rates, excessive hours, and applying a 30% cut for reconstructed time, block billing, and clerical work. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/united-states-of-america-v-group-health-cooperative-nywd-1-12-cv-00299-3https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/united-states-of-america-v-group-health-cooperative-nywd-1-12-cv-00299-3Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTCourt reduced hours by 30% for excessive hours, block billing, duplicative staffing and top-heavy billing, and cut the award by $504,798.27. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/global-approach-inc-v-scottsdale-insurance-company-flsd-1-24-cv-22531-3https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/global-approach-inc-v-scottsdale-insurance-company-flsd-1-24-cv-22531-3Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTThe S.D. Florida reduced a commercial fee award by 5% because the time entries showed some instances of block billing. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/loiseau-v-bozzuto-s-inc-ctd-3-22-cv-01485-3https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/loiseau-v-bozzuto-s-inc-ctd-3-22-cv-01485-3Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTD. Connecticut reduced a sanctions fee award from $203,525.60 to $94,201.25, cutting rates, excessive hours, and 4.2 block-billed hours. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/case-name-in-immigration-case-unavailable-casd-3-25-cv-02868-1https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/case-name-in-immigration-case-unavailable-casd-3-25-cv-02868-1Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTCourt reduced an EAJA fee request in an immigration habeas case by 0.64 hours for clerical tasks and 0.75 hours for observing oral argument. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/livingston-v-jay-livingston-music-inc-tnmd-3-22-cv-00532-3https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/livingston-v-jay-livingston-music-inc-tnmd-3-22-cv-00532-3Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTCourt reduced a $385,979.05 fee request to $339,661.56, a 12% cut, citing vague entries, duplicative staffing, and other factors. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/lin-v-lees-house-restaurant-inc-paed-2-23-cv-03111-4https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/lin-v-lees-house-restaurant-inc-paed-2-23-cv-03111-4Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTThe court awarded $9,952.11 of the $110,935.83 requested in FLSA fees, reducing rates, hours and the lodestar, and deducting clerical and block-billed time. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/goren-v-sma-hub-inc-ord-3-24-cv-00580-5https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/goren-v-sma-hub-inc-ord-3-24-cv-00580-5Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTThe court awarded $14,779 of a $21,259.50 fee request, cutting 30.5% for duplicative staffing and 13.7 block-billed hours. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/wang-v-keeper-holdings-inc-nyed-1-24-cv-00672-3https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/wang-v-keeper-holdings-inc-nyed-1-24-cv-00672-3Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTCourt awarded $21,990 of $171,862 requested in a wage and hour case, applying a 60% across-the-board hours cut that included 7.4 hours of clerical work. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/hicks-v-city-of-philadelphia-paed-2-22-cv-00977-10https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/hicks-v-city-of-philadelphia-paed-2-22-cv-00977-10Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTThe court awarded $132,354.95 of $290,890 requested under 42 U.S.C. § 1988, cutting 54.5% for duplicative staffing, clerical work, block billing, and missing records. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/20100-eastex-llc-v-saltgrass-inc-txsd-4-20-cv-01347-7https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/20100-eastex-llc-v-saltgrass-inc-txsd-4-20-cv-01347-7Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTMagistrate judge recommends awarding $38,410.50 of $63,789.50 in contract fees, cutting time for unrelated claims, fees on fees, and vague entries. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/computer-sciences-corporation-v-tata-consultancy-services-txnd-3-19-cv-00970-9https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/computer-sciences-corporation-v-tata-consultancy-services-txnd-3-19-cv-00970-9Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTCourt awarded Baker Botts $15,291,490.97 of a $15,811,695.76 fee request, cutting 3.3% for block billing, duplicative staffing and unrelated claims. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/culp-v-remington-of-montrose-llc-cod-1-18-cv-02213-3https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/culp-v-remington-of-montrose-llc-cod-1-18-cv-02213-3Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTD. Colorado reduced a Title VII fee award from $303,640.42 to $216,112.71, including a 10% cut for vague entries and other recordkeeping issues. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/perez-v-evolet-s-painting-service-llc-azd-2-25-cv-01886-4https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/perez-v-evolet-s-painting-service-llc-azd-2-25-cv-01886-4Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTCourt reduced a wage and hour fee request from 13.3 to 11.8 hours, cutting 0.3 hours of clerical work and 1.2 hours of fees-on-fees time, and lowered the hourly rate. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/hancock-whitney-bank-v-american-rental-entertainment-llc-alsd-1-25-cv-00395-0https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/hancock-whitney-bank-v-american-rental-entertainment-llc-alsd-1-25-cv-00395-0Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTMagistrate judge recommends awarding $10,260 of a $25,841.05 fee request, cutting hours for unrelated claims, duplicative staffing and clerical work. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/mobu-enterprises-pty-ltd-v-john-galt-solutions-inc-txnd-3-23-cv-00617-5https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/mobu-enterprises-pty-ltd-v-john-galt-solutions-inc-txnd-3-23-cv-00617-5Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTCourt awarded $302,395.80 of $447,410.62 in fees, cutting $15,416 for clerical work billed as legal work and 30% for limited success. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/tbm-n160tm-llc-v-signature-flight-support-llc-caed-1-24-cv-00963-9https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/tbm-n160tm-llc-v-signature-flight-support-llc-caed-1-24-cv-00963-9Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTCourt awarded $140,585 of $291,460 requested, reducing rates, deducting 16.2 hours, and cutting hours 25% for excessiveness, duplication, and vague entries. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/cayuga-nation-v-parker-nynd-5-22-cv-00128-8https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/cayuga-nation-v-parker-nynd-5-22-cv-00128-8Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTCourt awarded $235,743.75 of $656,599.88 requested in fees, applying a 55% reduction for limited success and billing issues including block billing. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/valley-national-bank-v-captiveone-services-llc-flsd-9-24-cv-81491-3https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/valley-national-bank-v-captiveone-services-llc-flsd-9-24-cv-81491-3Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTCourt awarded $250,730 of $464,258.50 requested, reducing rates and hours and citing vague entries, block billing, duplicative staffing, and limited success. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/quiktech-llc-v-h-r-block-enterprise-llc-txnd-3-24-cv-01672-7https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/quiktech-llc-v-h-r-block-enterprise-llc-txnd-3-24-cv-01672-7Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTThe court denied several fee categories and halved 12 hours of block-billed entries in a sanctions fee application. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/apartment-insiders-llc-v-hensen-tnmd-3-25-cv-01137-8https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/apartment-insiders-llc-v-hensen-tnmd-3-25-cv-01137-8Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTCourt awarded $3,699.50 of $23,957.50 in sanctions fees, reducing hours for unrelated claims and applying a 30% cut for excessive and duplicative time. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/malone-v-united-parcel-service-inc-paed-2-21-cv-03643-5https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/malone-v-united-parcel-service-inc-paed-2-21-cv-03643-5Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTCourt reduced a sanctions fee request in a wage and hour case, excluding vague entries, clerical work, unrelated claims, duplicative staffing and excessive hours. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/w-s-v-united-healthcare-insurance-utd-2-19-cv-00810-1https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/w-s-v-united-healthcare-insurance-utd-2-19-cv-00810-1Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTThe court adjusted the hourly rates for Brian King and Samuel Hall and deducted $90.00 in clerical fees from the ERISA award. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/case-name-in-social-security-case-unavailable-nmd-2-25-cv-01267-0https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/case-name-in-social-security-case-unavailable-nmd-2-25-cv-01267-0Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTThe court awarded $4,434.20 under the Equal Access to Justice Act, cutting $523.20 from the $4,957.40 requested because 2.0 hours were clerical work. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/gulf-credit-llc-v-dhd-offshore-services-llc-laed-2-25-cv-02109-0https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/gulf-credit-llc-v-dhd-offshore-services-llc-laed-2-25-cv-02109-0Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTThe court reduced one timekeeper's hours by 10% for vague entries, 10% for clerical work billed as legal work, and 10% for block billing. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/browe-v-ctc-corporation-vtd-2-15-cv-00267-9https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/browe-v-ctc-corporation-vtd-2-15-cv-00267-9Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTThe court awarded $295,724.50 of a $657,160 ERISA fee request, cutting 30% for unrelated claims and further reducing for block billing. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/in-re-whaleco-privacy-litigation-nyed-1-25-cv-05854-0https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/in-re-whaleco-privacy-litigation-nyed-1-25-cv-05854-0Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTCourt awarded $302,547.60 of $597,553 requested, lowering paralegal rates and reducing total fees 40% for billing practices. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/in-re-whaleco-potter-handy-data-privacy-mass-actions-nyed-1-25-cv-04916-1https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/in-re-whaleco-potter-handy-data-privacy-mass-actions-nyed-1-25-cv-04916-1Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTCourt awarded $302,547.60 of $597,553 requested, reducing paralegal rates and cutting hours for excessive billing, clerical tasks, and block billing. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/in-holdings-inc-and-5310-holdings-llc-cacb-1-24-bk-11323-2https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/in-holdings-inc-and-5310-holdings-llc-cacb-1-24-bk-11323-2Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTBankruptcy court trimmed Buchalter LLP's fee request for clerical billing, block billing, duplicative staffing, excessive hours and work on a vacated hearing. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/han-v-shang-noodle-house-inc-nyed-1-20-cv-02266-4https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/han-v-shang-noodle-house-inc-nyed-1-20-cv-02266-4Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTCourt awarded $25,732.41 of $71,763 requested in FLSA fees, reducing hourly rates and cutting 40% of hours for excessive and duplicative billing and recordkeeping problems. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/dilfanian-v-the-new-york-city-department-of-education-nyed-1-12-cv-06012-2https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/dilfanian-v-the-new-york-city-department-of-education-nyed-1-12-cv-06012-2Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTCourt awarded $128,370.54 of $365,400 requested in a Section 1988 employment case, cutting hours 70% for excessive and block-billed time. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/hc-vasquez-amaya-v-chestnut-caed-1-26-cv-02090-1https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/hc-vasquez-amaya-v-chestnut-caed-1-26-cv-02090-1Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTMagistrate judge recommended reducing an Equal Access to Justice Act fee award in an immigration case by 3.5 paralegal hours that were block billed. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/hc-estrada-martinez-v-chestnut-caed-1-25-cv-02054-1https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/hc-estrada-martinez-v-chestnut-caed-1-25-cv-02054-1Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTThe court awarded 39 hours of fees and costs under the Equal Access to Justice Act and deducted three hours of paralegal time for filing and exhibit organization. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/aleksey-n-kozlov-akb-3-24-bk-00148-0https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/aleksey-n-kozlov-akb-3-24-bk-00148-0Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTBankruptcy court awarded $224,106.70 of $636,995.50 requested, cutting rates, disallowing 84.8 paralegal hours for clerical work, and trimming attorney hours 10%. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/cruz-v-n-v-sons-builders-incorporated-azd-2-24-cv-02128-1https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/cruz-v-n-v-sons-builders-incorporated-azd-2-24-cv-02128-1Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTThe court awarded $8,588.50 in fees and costs in an FLSA case, down from $14,605.63, after excising 2.2 hours of clerical work billed as legal work. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/bank-of-america-na-v-ztar-mobile-inc-txnd-3-23-cv-00826-7https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/bank-of-america-na-v-ztar-mobile-inc-txnd-3-23-cv-00826-7Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTThe court awarded 235.1 hours and, on its own, excluded $609 for 2.1 paralegal hours spent on clerical or administrative tasks. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/everyday-people-nyc-llc-v-ali-nyed-1-23-cv-02436-2https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/everyday-people-nyc-llc-v-ali-nyed-1-23-cv-02436-2Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTCourt awarded $61,359.70 of $94,310 requested in an intellectual property case, reducing rates, hours and block-billed entries. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/bowman-v-ssa-kyed-3-25-cv-00036-1https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/bowman-v-ssa-kyed-3-25-cv-00036-1Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTThe court awarded $6,036.88 in EAJA fees, down from $6,536.88, after excluding 4 hours of clerical tasks billed as legal work. https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/romspen-investment-lp-v-dibert-flsd-9-23-cv-80992-5https://www.legaltime.ai/fee-cuts/romspen-investment-lp-v-dibert-flsd-9-23-cv-80992-5Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMTThe court awarded $34,228.75 of a $98,217.61 request that included costs, cutting time for excessive hours, limited success, travel, and clerical work.