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b. Minns Hours Relating to Dispute With Committee
As stated above, we will not hold the Government responsible
for fees attributable to the dispute between the steering
committee and Minns. Following the approach used above with
regard to Irvine’s time, we assume that, absent subject matter
descriptions to the contrary, the time Minns and his staff spent
during December 2001 and January 2002 communicating with clients
was divided equally between damage control and matters relating
to the appeal. Similarly, we assume that time spent
communicating with Irvine during this contentious period was
devoted to “self defense” and to coordination efforts in equal
measure.
c. Additional Porter & Hedges Time Relating to Minns
Dispute
We have previously dealt with Irvine’s nondescriptive time
entries relating to client communications. We add here that,
consistent with our treatment of Minns, we assume, absent subject
matter descriptions to the contrary, that time spent by Irvine
communicating with Minns and his staff was divided equally
between matters relating to the Minns dispute and matters
relating to the appeal. We also disallow the relatively small
amount of time Irvine devoted to “review of contracts”, as that
task is clearly identifiable with his firm’s engagement by the
steering committee to handle its dispute with Minns.
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