Employment - ERISA - Attorney’s Fees - Exhaustion
By Deborah Elkins
December 1, 2008
A plaintiff who won his ERISA case cannot bill for time spent exhausting administrative remedies, but the Charlottesville U.S. District Court refuses to categorically condemn “block billing” or “lumping of time entries.”
McIntyre v. Aetna Life Ins. Co. (USDC-WD) (VLW 008-3-520) (7 pp.)
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