The Seventh Circuit is one of the appeals courts that tends to examine very closely proposed class action settlements. In a recent case, the court rej
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Seventh Circuit Rejects Coupon Settlement Terms
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The Seventh Circuit has rejected the award of attorneys’ fees award for a settlement that would provide the class coupons as a remedy for allegedly pr…
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Class Member Lacks Standing to Appeal Fees to Class Counsel
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Last week, the First Circuit dismissed for lack of standing a class member’s challenge to the significant fee award to class counsel in the Volkswagen…
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Supreme Court Passes on Case Involving State Retention of Private Counsel
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The U.S. Supreme Court declined last week to review a California Supreme Court ruling that permitted cities and counties to engage private attorneys f…
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California Supreme Court Amends Rules for Government Retention of Private Contingent Fee Counsel
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The California supreme court has taken a major step backward by modifying a 1985 decision that had properly limited the power of government agencies t…
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Class Counsel Fees Approved, But Reluctantly
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At MassTortDefense, we typically focus on product liability, toxic tort, and consumer fraud litigation. But a recent decision arising from the largest…
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