On September 8, 2009, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the approval of two multimillion-dollar class action settlements in consolidated multi district cases arising from investigations and civil lawsuits alleging bid rigging and steering activities in the insurance industry. See In re Insurance Brokerage Antitrust Litigation, Nos. 07-1759 et al. (3d Cir. Sept. 8, 2009). Specifically, after rejecting objections to the settlements, the court approved two settlements valued at $150 million, and also approved an award of $29.9 million in legal fees and costs for the larger of the settlements.