negotiating and drafting a settlement agreement from July 12, 1990 to the drafting of the default judgment on August 16, 1990 will be disallowed. The time spent during that same period relating to the then pending enforcement action, including matters related to the pre-trial conference, will be allowed. b) Time Spent in the Collection of the Note As the records submitted in support of fees for time spent in the litigation relating to the collection of the Note meet the reasonableness standards as set forth above, the fees sought for the period May 29, 1990-July 11, 1990 will be allowed. c) Time Spent Defending the Fee Application A general contract provision for the shifting of attorney’s fees does not authorize an award for time spent justifying those fees. Krear, 810 F.2d at 1266-67 (<HOLDING>), citing Doyle v. Allstate Ins. Co., 1 N.Y.2d
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 district court erred when pursuant to a general contract for attorneys fees it awarded reimbursement for time spent justifying fee application in reasonableness hearing 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 section 721312 florida statutes provides for an award of appellate attorneys fees where the issue was the reasonableness of the fee awarded by the trial court holding that applications for attorneys fees must state in detail time spent and the nature of each discrete task before the court can assess the reasonableness of the fees