Citation: 716 F.3d 1173 (9th Cir. 2013)
The Center for Class Action Fairness represented objectors to a settlement that would have provided coupons that could only be redeemed at the defendant’s website, HP.com, but attorneys proposed to pay themselves in cash. The district court approved the settlement over the objections, and CCAF appealed.
The Ninth Circuit held that the Class Action Fairness Act requires that when class members obtain coupons in a settlement, the lawyers’ fees attributable to those coupons must themselves be based on the value of coupons that are redeemed. On remand, the district court reduced plaintiffs’ fee by 10% from the $1.5M requested.
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| May 15, 2013 | OPINION |