30 results for 'cat:"Attorney Fees" AND cat:"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. Rossman vacates in part an award of attorney fees in an underlying class action over underpaid oil and gas royalties. The class in question did not get proper notice of the original 2018 motion for attorney fees, so fees related to that are vacated until a class-wide notice has been released and a new objection period to the fees can begin. Vacated in part.
Court: 10th Circuit, Judge: Rossman, Filed On: May 1, 2024, Case #: 22-6125, Categories: attorney Fees, class Action, Contract
J. Nagala denies, in part, class counsel's motion for attorney fees, ruling the attorneys' request for an award of one-third of the total $4.1 million settlement amount is unreasonable when compared to other, similar class action ERISA lawsuits. Therefore, without any evidence to prove this case was extraordinary or unique in any way, the award will be reduced to one-quarter of the total settlement.
Court: USDC Connecticut, Judge: Nagala, Filed On: April 16, 2024, Case #: 3:21cv1085, NOS: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) - Labor, Categories: attorney Fees, class Action
[Consolidated.] J. Easterbrook finds that the lower court improperly denied an investor's motion to intervene in a dismissed securities class action. The investor seeks to challenge $300,000 in mootness fees paid by the corporation to counsel in a suit mooted after the company agreed to make supplemental disclosures about its proposed merger. He claims that the only purpose of the suit was not needlessly increase the cost of litigation to induce the company to pay fees to counsel, while not providing any real benefit to investors. While the court has already ordered the fees returned in this particular case, counsel are entitled to be heard, and the court may consider sanctions. Vacated.
Court: 7th Circuit, Judge: Easterbrook, Filed On: April 15, 2024, Case #: 18-2220, Categories: Securities, attorney Fees, class Action
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J. Kennelly partially grants account executive employees’ motion for sanctions against their employer, a logistics firm. The employees accused the firm of wrongly denying them overtime pay, and in subsequent proceedings a magistrate judge found the firm had violated its discovery obligations. This court affirms some of the objections the firm had raised to the magistrate judge’s sanction recommendations, but overrules others. The court also orders the firm to pay the employees almost $88,000 in attorney fees.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Kennelly, Filed On: April 15, 2024, Case #: 1:16cv7331, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: Sanctions, attorney Fees, class Action
J. Watson grants the class's motions for approval of the settlement and for attorney fees, ruling sufficient discovery has been conducted to prove damages for the class members involved in the data breach, while the $120,000 award in attorney fees is supported by documentation and the complexity of the litigation.
Court: USDC Southern District of Ohio, Judge: Watson, Filed On: March 5, 2024, Case #: 2:22cv3499, NOS: Other Personal Property Damage - Torts - Personal Property, Categories: Settlements, attorney Fees, class Action
J. Garnett grants final approval to a $10 million settlement in a class action alleging that the window treatment company put a “discount” price on products that was actually the real price of the products. Class members who submit a claim will receive a settlement amount in cash, while class members who choose not to submit a claim will automatically receive store credit that will not expire. Class counsel is awarded just over $1.4 million, representing 14% of the settlement, which is well below the 25% benchmark set by the 9th Circuit.
Court: USDC Central District of California, Judge: Garnett, Filed On: March 4, 2024, Case #: 2:22cv8326, NOS: Other Fraud - Torts - Personal Property, Categories: Settlements, attorney Fees, class Action
J. Carney grants the delivery driver's counsel $191,300 in attorney fees for representing the delivery driver in his class action accusing the landscape supply company of not paying him and other employees their overtime wages, bonuses, incentives and commissions. The delivery driver's counsel requests attorney fees equal to one-third of the gross settlement amount, or approximately $266,600, but while the counsel performed adequately, they did not perform exceptionally in the straightforward wage violation case.
Court: USDC Central District of California, Judge: Carney, Filed On: January 22, 2024, Case #: 8:21cv1834, NOS: Other Labor Litigation - Labor, Categories: Settlements, attorney Fees, class Action
[Consolidated.] J. Chen approves $3.16 million in attorney fees, plus $138,000 in costs, to counsel representing consumers in two putative class actions that alleged the maker of Cottonelle wipes falsely advertised the products as “flushable” The court previously approved a $20 million award to settle the two actions. The court further awards $10,000 and $5,000 to each class representative.
Court: USDC Eastern District of New York, Judge: Chen, Filed On: January 17, 2024, Case #: 1:14cv1142, NOS: Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits, Categories: Consumer Law, attorney Fees, class Action
J. Garaufis grants final approval to a $4 million settlement to resolve two consolidated class actions that claim a 3D printer manufacturer made false or misleading public statements, ultimately resulting in heavy investor losses. The court finds the settlement fair, adequate and reasonable. Additionally, the plaintiffs’ counsel are awarded approximately $1.32 million in attorney fees, which accounts for a third of the settlement award.
Court: USDC Eastern District of New York, Judge: Garaufis, Filed On: January 4, 2024, Case #: 1:21cv1920, NOS: Securities/Commodities/Exchange - Other Suits, Categories: Securities, attorney Fees, class Action
J. Tunheim grants the commercial and indirect beef purchasers' motion for an award of attorneys' fees, reimbursement of litigation expenses and a class representative service award related to a class-action settlement with meat packers in ongoing multi-district antitrust litigation. The past litigation expenses incurred were reasonable and necessary, and a $1.75 million fund for future litigation expenses is appropriate. Attorney fees totaling just over $8 million are also appropriate, as is a $15,000 service award.
Court: USDC Minnesota, Judge: Tunheim, Filed On: November 21, 2023, Case #: 0:22md3031, NOS: Antitrust - Other Suits, Categories: Antitrust, attorney Fees, class Action
J. Scanlon approves a settlement agreement to resolve a class action lawsuit filed by all current and future Supplemental Security Income recipients that alleges the Social Security Administration improperly assessed overpayment charges stemming from a new agency rule that waived overpayment debts accrued during the Covid-19 pandemic. The agreement, which did not seek monetary relief, waives all overpayment debts accrued by recipients between March and September 2020. The court further awards the recipients approximately $270,000 in attorney fees and costs.
Court: USDC Eastern District of New York, Judge: Scanlon, Filed On: November 20, 2023, Case #: 1:21cv5143, NOS: Administrative Procedure Act/Review or Appeal of Agency Decision - Other Suits, Categories: Covid-19, attorney Fees, class Action
J. Wright grants final approval to a class action settlement in an action alleging securities law violations by a smart-home tech company. The relief provided by the settlement, which provides that the company spend $300,000 yearly for the next five years to improve its risk management practices and implement other terms designed to protect its shareholders, is adequate. Attorney fees of $1,600,000 and service awards of $15,000 to named plaintiffs are also appropriate.
Court: USDC Minnesota, Judge: Wright, Filed On: November 7, 2023, Case #: 0:21cv1965, NOS: Securities/Commodities/Exchange - Other Suits, Categories: Securities, attorney Fees, class Action
J. Nardacci grants final approval to a $1.2 million class action settlement to resolve claims alleging a regional bank located in upstate New York charged improper overdraft fees on customers’ checking accounts, finding the settlement fair and reasonable. The court further awards the litigants $404,792 in attorney fees, representing 33% of the value of settlement.
Court: USDC Northern District of New York, Judge: Nardacci, Filed On: October 25, 2023, Case #: 1:22cv390, NOS: Banks and Banking - Other Suits, Categories: Banking / Lending, attorney Fees, class Action
J. Conrad grants members of a class of employees its settlement for Coca-Cola’s failure to pay them after payroll software company Kronos was hacked and offline for over two months in 2021 and 2022. The settlement and attorney fees and costs motions are unopposed and, therefore, granted.
Court: USDC Western District of North Carolina, Judge: Conrad, Filed On: October 18, 2023, Case #: 3:22cv214, NOS: Fair Labor Standards Act - Labor, Categories: attorney Fees, class Action, Labor
J. Wu grants final approval of a $5.5 million settlement that will bring an end to a class action accusing T-Mobile of conducting background checks on its workers without proper authorization or disclosures, as well as other wage-and-hour violations under the California Labor Code. Class counsel seeks $1.8 million in fees, which is above the 25% benchmark set by the Ninth Circuit. Such above-benchmark fee awards are reserved for cases involving more litigation than was involved here. Class counsel is instead awarded $1.4 million in fees.
Court: USDC Central District of California, Judge: Wu, Filed On: October 3, 2023, Case #: 2:21cv2268, NOS: Other Labor Litigation - Labor, Categories: Settlements, attorney Fees, class Action
J. Strawbridge awards a law firm $564 in costs for copying charges, the cost of retrieving medical records in 2012, and other administrative expenses such as court filing fees in this concussion injury class action suit filed against the National Football League. The plaintiff class member did not dispute the legitimacy of these charges.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Judge: Strawbridge, Filed On: September 5, 2023, Case #: 2:12md2323, NOS: Other Personal Injury - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: Tort, attorney Fees, class Action
J. Haight grants the class's motion for more than $139,000 in attorney fees, ruling its status as the prevailing party entitles it to fees under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, while the hourly rates and work hours submitted by the attorneys are reasonable, given their experience and the complexity of the litigation.
Court: USDC Connecticut, Judge: Haight, Filed On: August 24, 2023, Case #: 3:16cv1197, NOS: Education - Civil Rights, Categories: Education, attorney Fees, class Action
J. Lee finds that the district court improperly awarded attorney fees to copyright holders’ counsel in a copyright class action on behalf of copyright holders of musical compositions against Rhapsody International, also known as Napster. The fees were disproportionate to the relatively small recovered amount by certain class members. Reversed.
Court: 9th Circuit, Judge: Lee, Filed On: August 2, 2023, Case #: 22-15162, Categories: attorney Fees, class Action
Per curiam. The Eighth Circuit finds a lower court properly dismissed a class of employees motion for an award of appellate attorneys' fees concerning violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The class argued that the lower court abused discretion by reducing a fee award based on its attorney's preposterous behavior. However, the class of employees were not the prevailing party. Affirmed.
Court: 8th Circuit, Judge: Per curiam, Filed On: June 29, 2023, Case #: 21-3537, Categories: Damages, attorney Fees, class Action
J. Arterton grants the employee's motion for attorney fees, ruling it was not reasonable for the employer to remove the case to this court because it was obvious from the outset any damages to the employees for unpaid wages would come nowhere close to the jurisdictional threshold of $75,000. Therefore, the case will be remanded and the employee will be awarded more than $6,000 in attorney fees.
Court: USDC Connecticut, Judge: Arterton, Filed On: June 7, 2023, Case #: 3:23cv140, NOS: Other Labor Litigation - Labor, Categories: attorney Fees, class Action, Labor
J. Griggsby approves a class action settlement and grants an award for attorney’s fees and costs in this case alleging telephone consumer protections violations by a cloud tech firm. The class of phone call recipients, claiming unlawful solicitation by the firm, was well represented by experienced counsel and presented reasonable figures for the settlement, including over $900,000 in costs alone.
Court: USDC Maryland, Judge: Griggsby, Filed On: June 1, 2023, Case #: 8:19cv1234, NOS: Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits, Categories: Settlements, attorney Fees, class Action