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(b) Congress did not depart from the American Rule in §330(a)(1) for fee-defense litigation. Section 327(a) professionals are hired to serve an estate’s administrator for the benefit of the estate, and §330(a)(1) authorizes “reasonable compensation for actual, necessary services rendered.” The word “services” ordinarily refers to “labor performed for another,” Webster’s New International Dictionary 2288. Thus, the