p0035 The adjusted lodestar method may be used in fixing attorney fees under the anti-SLAPP statute; the attorney's special skill should be considered either in arriving at an hourly lodestar rate or in determining the factor to be used for enhancement, but not for both; fee enhancement should not be used punitively; in fixing fees for opposing a motion to reconsider the fee award, no enhancement should be given for contingency.CitationKETCHUM v MOSES (SLAPP Lodestar) 24 C4 1122 [See: CCP 425.16; Serrano v Priest 20 C3 25; Rader v Thrasher 57 C2 244; PLCM v Drexler 22 C4 1084, T/AT 6/00]
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