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Settlement Class Action Fees

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Class action settlement seeks approval over alleged bank fee breach

On April 24, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, a Memorandum of Law to support an unopposed motion for final approval of a class action settlement was filed to resolve all claims against the...more

Warner Norcross + Judd

Spring Cleaning Your Dispute Resolution Terms and Conditions: Tips for Avoiding Mass Arbitrations

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Mandatory arbitration provisions, combined with class action waivers, are a common element of consumer-facing terms and conditions. Unfortunately, in recent years, plaintiffs’ counsel have moved from fighting these provisions...more

Mayer Brown

JAMS Adopts New Mass Arbitration Rules and Fee Schedules

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For businesses that use consumer and workplace arbitration agreements designating JAMS as their arbitration administrator, there is an important new development: JAMS has announced new Mass Arbitration Procedures and...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

District Court grants $11.9 million settlement in ATM fees suit

In December, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey granted preliminary approval of a $11.9 million settlement in a class action suit resolving allegations pertaining to a defendant national bank’s...more

Carlton Fields

Are Administrative Fees and Costs a Benefit to the Class as a Whole? A Circuit Split Continues

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In 2017, the Eighth Circuit reversed the certification of a settlement class in the Target 2013 security breach litigation. See In re Target Corp. Customer Data Sec. Breach Litig., 847 F.3d 608, 613 (8th Cir. 2017). ...more

BakerHostetler

California District Court Rejects Class Action Settlement Due To Fee, Enhancement, and Other Issues

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Do your homework before you seek approval of a class action settlement! Meals on airlines have all but disappeared for anyone other than those in first class, but the company Sky Chefs contends on its website that it...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Are Courts Becoming More Willing to Carefully Scrutinize Claims for Fees?

In Ellis v. Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., C.A. 2nd/1, DAR p. 10497, plaintiffs counsel, after settling a class action, initially requested over $24 million in attorneys' fees. However, the court not only denied...more

Proskauer - Privacy & Cybersecurity

Ninth Circuit Reverses Class Action Coupon Settlement Because Attorneys Were Awarded Fees Based on Hours Worked Rather Than Coupon...

On May 15 a Ninth Circuit panel reversed the district court’s approval of a class action settlement, holding that attorney’s fees awarded in connection with a coupon for the class members must be tied to actual redemption of...more

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