151 results for 'cat:"Settlements" AND cat:"Class Action"'.
J. Alsup grants final approval to a $30 million settlement in a wage-and-hour dispute between Jan-Pro Franchising, a janitorial cleaning company, and a class of workers who say they were misclassified as independent contractors. The final terms appear fair and include $9 million in attorney fees.
Court: USDC Northern District of California, Judge: Alsup, Filed On: May 23, 2024, Case #: 3:16cv5961, NOS: Other Labor Litigation - Labor, Categories: Employment, settlements, class Action
J. McAuliffe grants preliminary approval of a $5.5 million settlement in a class action accusing Amazon of an illegal policy requiring its non-exempt workers to undergo a Covid-19 screening each shift without pay. Based on the workers' own calculations, the settlement provides for 100% of the expected recovery, which is well above the general range of percentage recoveries that California courts have found to be reasonable. Each class member will recover approximately $12.19 for one minute of time.
Court: USDC Eastern District of California, Judge: McAuliffe, Filed On: May 22, 2024, Case #: 1:21cv241, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: Employment, settlements, class Action
J. Roumel grants the Electrical Welfare Trust Fund’s motion for final approval of settlement and plan for allocating net settlement fund to exaction class members in this dispute relating to payments it was required to make into the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 Transitional Reinsurance Program for the 2014 plan year.
Court: Court of Federal Claims, Judge: Roumel, Filed On: May 16, 2024, Case #: 19-cv-353, Categories: Government, settlements, class Action
J. Tostrud grants final approval to a class action settlement in a suit alleging that the cybersecurity vendors failed to safeguard private information against a ransomware attack. The settlement establishes a $375,000 non-reversionary settlement fund, of which one third is awarded to class counsel. Each class member will receive $50 - $150 depending on the number of valid claims unless they can show extraordinary losses, which will be reimbursed up to $5,000.
Court: USDC Minnesota, Judge: Tostrud, Filed On: May 14, 2024, Case #: 0:23cv415, NOS: Other Personal Property Damage - Torts - Personal Property, Categories: settlements, Privacy, class Action
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J. Tjoflat finds that the district court improperly entered an order approving the proposed $35 million settlement agreement, certifying the class and granting attorney fees up to $10.5 million in a class action alleging that GoDaddy violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by using an automatic telephone dialing system to make calls and send texts to consumers' phones. The district court failed to apply the latest version of the amended procedural rule in finding that the proposed settlement was fair. The district court breached its fiduciary duty because the approved settlement agreement advanced the attorneys' interests over those of the absent class members. Class counsel provided insufficient information to enable the district court to comply with a procedural rule. The district court also applied an incorrect legal standard in calculating the attorney fees. Vacated.
Court: 11th Circuit, Judge: Tjoflat, Filed On: May 13, 2024, Case #: 21-10199, Categories: settlements, Consumer Law, class Action
J. Gilliam grants final approval to a $725,000 class settlement with Hyatt Corp. over claims of unpaid overtime wages from their security guards. The terms appear fair and include $180,000 in attorney fees.
Court: USDC Northern District of California, Judge: Gilliam, Filed On: May 13, 2024, Case #: 4:22cv693, NOS: Other Labor Litigation - Labor, Categories: Employment, settlements, class Action
J. Bolden grants the joint motion for approval of the class action settlement, ruling the lack of objection from any class members, combined with the experience of counsel and complexity of the litigation, favor approval of the settlement, which will fairly compensate members and avoid a protracted legal battle. Additionally, plaintiffs' attorneys will be granted the requested $267,000 in fees, as their calculations were reasonable and supported by evidence in the record.
Court: USDC Connecticut, Judge: Bolden, Filed On: May 10, 2024, Case #: 3:21cv1651, NOS: Consumer Credit - Other Suits, Categories: settlements, Attorney Fees, class Action
J. Calabrese grants the parties' joint motion for approval of the class action settlement, ruling the class of stockholders has been adequately represented by competent counsel who worked more than 1,100 hours on the case, while the settlement amount will fairly compensate all members, given the complexity and uncertainty of taking the case to trial.
Court: USDC Northern District of Ohio, Judge: Calabrese, Filed On: May 9, 2024, Case #: 1:20cv2744, NOS: Securities/Commodities/Exchange - Other Suits, Categories: settlements, Securities, class Action
J. Corley grants final approval to a $51,000 class settlement with Atlantic Recovery Solutions over alleged unfair debt collection practices. The terms appear fair and include $123,000 in attorney fees.
Court: USDC Northern District of California, Judge: Corley, Filed On: May 9, 2024, Case #: 3:22cv4108, NOS: Consumer Credit - Other Suits, Categories: Debt Collection, settlements, class Action
J. Lipman grants customers’ unopposed motion for final approval of the proposed settlement in this case involving allegations that Family Dollar stores sold products “contaminated by a rodent infestation.” The proposed settlement was preliminarily approved, and the court now finds that notice to the class members was successful. The court will also deny without prejudice the customers’ motion for attorney fees, based on their failure to comply with certain local rules.
Court: USDC Western District of Tennessee , Judge: Lipman, Filed On: May 6, 2024, Case #: 2:22cv2138, NOS: Other Fraud - Torts - Personal Property, Categories: settlements, Attorney Fees, class Action
J. Cogan dismisses an unpaid wages complaint against a company who had settled similar claims in a prior class action. The litigant, one of four class members in the class action, sought to challenge the settlement, claiming it was unfair and did not adequately represent his interests, but the court disagrees, finding he had ample opportunity to either raise objections or opt out of the settlement after notices were sent out to potential members.
Court: USDC Eastern District of New York, Judge: Cogan, Filed On: May 1, 2024, Case #: 1:23cv5165, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: settlements, class Action, Labor
J. Slaughter grants an employee's motion for preliminary approval of a class action settlement in a wage and hour suit. The adequacy of representation requirement is met, preliminary certification of the proposed settlement is proper, the settlement terms of the PAGA claim are fair, adequate, and reasonable and the proposed settlement meets notice requirements.
Court: USDC Central District of California, Judge: Slaughter, Filed On: April 26, 2024, Case #: 2:19cv7077, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: Employment, settlements, class Action
J. Lasnik approves the settlement agreement for the insured's class action accusing the health insurance company of improperly excluding all benefits for treatment of hearing loss, except for cochlear implants. The agreement came from arms-length bargaining after sufficient discovery and other litigation activity, and though the insureds believe that their claims have a strong likelihood of success, there is the likelihood of "complex questions of federal and state anti-discrimination law and insurance regulation, damages calculations and class certification issues."
Court: USDC Western District of Washington, Judge: Lasnik, Filed On: April 18, 2024, Case #: 2:17cv1611, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Insurance, settlements, class Action
J. Humetewa partly grants a class of consumers' motion for final approval of a class action settlement for Fair Credit Reporting Act claims against a credit reporting agency. The class sufficiently showed in court that it is entitled to monetary recovery, but not an adjustment for a higher settlement for each class member, after prevailing on claims that the credit reporting agency "resold patently false consumer reports" that indicated that they were deceased.
Court: USDC Arizona, Judge: Humetewa, Filed On: April 12, 2024, Case #: 2:21cv2082, NOS: Consumer Credit - Other Suits, Categories: settlements, Consumer Law, class Action