Legal Fee Awards—Block Billing—Sanctions—Court Granted Motion for Sanctions Based On Defendant's "Pattern of Willful Non-Compliance"—Defendant To Reimburse Plaintiff for Reasonable Cost for Making the Sanctions Motion—Plaintiff Sought $83,019.60—Court Granted the Fee Application, But Reduced the Amount By 50% Because Block Billing Made It "Impossible" for Court To "Differentiate or Specify How Much Time Plaintiff's Counsel Spent On Each of the Tasks That Are Listed"—Based On Time Entries, It Appeared That "Moving Counsel Had Billed Excessively"

A court had granted a plaintiff's motion for sanctions based on the defendant's "pattern of willful non-compliance" with court orders. The court ordered the plaintiff to submit a "breakdown of attorney hours and billing rates."

Although the court granted the motion, it reduced the requested award by 50%. The court cited block billing which made it "impossible" for the court to "differentiate or specify how much time plaintiff's counsel spent" on each task. The requested fee award also looked "excessive."