7th Circuit Highlights Effective Hourly Rate Issue In Attorney Fee Ruling

( August 5, 2025, 2:15 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — In a per curiam opinion concerning a $16,920 attorney fee award in a Social Security disability case, the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that the lower court “largely followed our guidance” from a previous appeal but “abused its discretion” by not adequately explaining why it concluded that the “effective hourly rate was too high.”...