ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO CLARIFY ORDER AND JUDGMENT; GRANTING DEFENDANTS' REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL AWARD OF FEES AND COSTS; DIRECTIONS TO CLERK

MAXINE M. CHESNEY, District Judge.

By order filed February 19, 2016, the Court granted defendant hiSoft Technology International, Ltd.'s motion to confirm an arbitration award, specifically, the Final Order entered October 23, 2015, by arbitrator Mark C. Dosker.

Before the Court is defendant's "Motion to Clarify Court's Order and the Clerk of Court's Subsequent Judgment Confirming Arbitration Award in Favor of Defendant," filed March 2, 2016. Plaintiffs Alana Kaselitz and Melissa Kaselitz have not filed opposition.1 Having read and considered the papers filed in support of the motion, the Court deems the matter suitable for determination thereon, VACATES the hearing scheduled for April 8, 2016, and rules as follows.

In its motion, defendant seeks "clarification" of the Court's order of February 19, 2016, and the Clerk of Court's judgment entered thereon; in particular, defendant seeks to have included in both documents the amount of fees, costs and disbursements awarded to defendant by the arbitrator, specifically, $1,829,296.46, of which $57,236.63 is the joint and several obligation of plaintiffs and plaintiffs' former counsel Ted C. Lindquist III. As the Court has confirmed the arbitration award in its entirety, and there being no opposition to the clarification sought, the Court will amend its order of February 19, 2016, to include those figures.

In its motion, defendant also seeks an additional award of fees and costs, specifically, the fees incurred and costs expended after September 28, 2015,2 the date on which defendant submitted to the arbitrator an application for fees and costs. As defendant is the prevailing party and the Amended Stock Purchase Agreement, the contract at issue, provides that the prevailing party "shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorney's fees, costs, and disbursements" (see Compl. Ex. C ¶ 11.8), the Court finds defendant is entitled to recover the fees it reasonably incurred and costs reasonably expended during the subject time period.

In that regard, defendant has submitted copies of invoices that set forth the fees incurred and costs expended for the period of October 2015 through January 2016, which invoices total $71,405.63. (See Williams Decl. Ex. B.)3 Additionally, defendant's counsel avers that the fees incurred and costs expended for the month of February 2016 total $18,899.92. (See id. ¶ 4.) The Court finds the hourly rates used correspond to the prevailing market rates in this District,4 that the number of hours expended was reasonable in light of the issues presented in plaintiffs' motion to vacate the arbitration award and in defendant's motion to confirm said award, and that the costs expended were reasonable. Accordingly, defendant's request for an additional award of fees and costs in the amount of $90,305.55 will be granted, and said amount will be included in the judgment as well.

CONCLUSION

1. Defendant's motion is hereby GRANTED as set forth above, and the Court has filed, concurrently herewith, an Amended Order confirming the arbitrator's award.

2. The Clerk of Court is directed to enter an amended judgment in favor of defendant in the total amount of $1,919,602.01, of which $57,236.63 is the joint and several obligation of plaintiffs and plaintiffs' former counsel Ted C. Lindquist III.

IT IS SO ORDERED.