For all the plaintiffs' bar talks about "access to justice," many trial lawyers will not hesitate to run roughshod over a class member's right of appeal if they think it will short-circuit a meritorious appeal that would jeopardize an excessive fee award.
“If Facebook is already giving money to these charities, then this isn’t a “$10 million settlement,” it’s just a change in accounting entries,” he said.
In August 2013, the district court approved the final settlement and adopted some of CCAF’s arguments on injunctive relief, attorneys' fees, and increased the class-member award to $15 from $10, making several million dollars more available for the class by reducing the attorneys’ fees.
