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11 Jan 2019, 9:53 am by Kathleen
The Judge also ruled Gomez Trial Attorneys and its co-counsel, Doyle Lowther, would lead the class action claims as class counsel for all members of the class. [read post]
11 Aug 2023, 6:59 am by Jacob C. VanAusdall
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently reversed a trial court’s $1.7 million attorney fee award to plaintiffs' counsel in a class action because the fee award was not proportional to the amount recovered by the class members. [read post]
The plaintiff argued that his dual role as both the class counsel and the class representative prohibited class certification in federal court, resulting in the inability of the class to recover the minimum CAFA jurisdictional requirement. [read post]
4 Jan 2018, 8:07 am by Mickey J. Lee
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals recently concluded that distributing all of a company’s cash to its owners after a class action settlement was reached but before the court’s order to pay became final, thus leaving the company without the ability to pay class counsel’s fees or administration costs as required under the settlement agreement, Read more → Mickey J. [read post]
19 Feb 2013, 10:03 pm by Barry Barnett
The Third Circuit ruled on Feb. 19 that district courts should require class counsel to try very hard to get settlement funds to class members. [read post]
25 Jun 2009, 6:34 pm
West Publishing Corporation (full text here) the Ninth Circuit held that "incentive agreements" between class representatives and class counsel, which class counsel did not disclose at the certification stage, created an unacceptable conflict of interest between the class representatives and class counsel, on the one hand, and the members of the class, on the other. [read post]
3 Jun 2014, 8:11 am by Legal Profession Prof
The case presents about as aggravated an instance of class counsel conflicts... [read post]
20 Nov 2009, 8:15 am by Matt C. Bailey
An issue arose, however, when class counsel sought approval of the proposed class notice, which advised the class that class counsel would not be taking further steps to enforce the judgment. [read post]
1 Dec 2014, 5:29 am by Walter Olson
” Tweet Tags: class action settlements, cy pres, Richard Posner, Ted FrankPosner: “selfish deal” by class counsel resulted in “outlandish” fees is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
9 Nov 2007, 4:34 am
Per BNA's Class Action Litigation Report (Volume 08 Number 21, November 9, 2007):The U.S. [read post]
16 Mar 2010, 3:19 pm by Seth
Solvay Pharmaceuticals to the class action plaintiffs’ counsel (Gustafson Gluek, PLLC, Lieff Cabraser)– $5.445 million for about 5,450 hours of work over six years. [read post]
12 Jun 2023, 6:00 am by Carlton Fields
Approximately four in every 10 companies use class action waivers in their contracts, according to the 2023 Carlton Fields Class Action Survey. [read post]
28 Dec 2010, 1:29 pm by Bill
Fisher, a class act and a good judge. [read post]
13 Oct 2014, 8:00 am by Todd Presnell
Pre-suit Meeting & Registration Class-action plaintiffs’ counsel represented two sales representatives of Wyndham Vacation Resorts. [read post]
13 Oct 2014, 8:00 am by Todd Presnell
Pre-suit Meeting & Registration Class-action plaintiffs’ counsel represented two sales representatives of Wyndham Vacation Resorts. [read post]
In putative class action lawsuits, it is not uncommon for counsel for the employer to interview putative class members about the claims in the lawsuit. [read post]
9 Mar 2008, 9:24 pm
  Class counsel who obtains information at the one end does no wrong; counsel who obtains information at the other does. [read post]