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budgeted, bringing the total amount of fees sought by Baker in this Application in line to the fees 

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necessary to confirm tasks were allocated to the proper task code by each timekeeper and that each 

task was adequately described as required by the Guidelines and as necessary to facilitate the Fee 

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during this review, time entries may have been moved from one task code to another task code as 

appropriate or divided up and apportioned between two or more task codes2

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clearly reflected work performed that impacted more than one area of Baker’s representation of 

the TCC, as necessary to adhere to the budget. Baker estimates that approximately five [5] hours 

each month for the period covered by this Application was spent performing such work. The 

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described as required by the Guidelines and as necessary to facilitate the Fee Examiner’s 

evaluation of the reasonableness of the fees requested by this Application. Each timekeeper on this 

case has been instructed to consider issues of confidentiality contemporaneously with drafting his 

or her time entries so that a further subsequent review of time records in connection with an 

assessment of privilege or confidentiality is unnecessary. Baker’s billing records submitted with 

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