fees assessment is unfair. Defendants should be entitled to any reasonable fees incurred in defending themselves in this latest case. To determine reasonable attorneys’ fees, “the court must calculate a lodestar figure based upon the hours reasonably spent by counsel ... multiplied by the reasonable hourly rate.” Orchano v. Advanced Recovery, Inc., 107 F.3d 94, 98 (2d Cir.1997). Here, defendants’ counsel has submitted affidavits detailing 32.3 hours of work at $142 per hour. The 34.2 hours includes 2.4 hours of travel time and 1.9 hours spent preparing the affidavit of attorneys’ fees and attending the hearing regarding attorneys’ fees. I find that this time was reasonably spent and should be compensated. See Reed v. A.W. Laurrence & Co., Inc., 95 F.3d 1170, 1183 (2d Cir. 1996) (<HOLDING>); Cruz, 34 F.3d at 1161 (finding that “the
holding that the independent counsel reauthorization act does not permit fees claimed for the preparation of a fee application holding that plaintiffs are entitled to attorneys fees for time spent litigating the fees issue on appeal under title viis attorneys fee provision holding that awarded fees were reasonable and that proof that attorneys fees are necessary apart from testimony as to the reasonableness of the fee is not required holding that a court reporter can recover attorneys fees for a suit involving the preparation of a record because the claim was for personal services holding that attorneys fees for the preparation of the fee application are compensable