Sentences with phrase «damages class settlement»

In Donovan's estimates, Feinberg eliminated 220,000 plaintiffs from the subsequent Deepwater Horizon Economic and Property Damages Class Settlement Agreement.

Not exact matches

The lion's share of the damages in a class action suit go to the attorneys involved in the settlement, and around thirty - five states» attorneys general were involved in the investigation and allegations of price fixing.

The settlement also allowed individual suits for compensatory damages by class members, as long as they weren't based on theories that included fraud and misrepresentation.

Earlier this year, a federal judge approved the settlement of that lawsuit as a class action — awarding damages to all NFL players with diagnosed head injuries.

Categorizes the amounts awarded for SEC penalties, disgorgement, approved class - action settlements and other securities damages.

However I think bifurcating class action settlement approval into a damages stage and a fees stage could have significant distributional consequences in the more typical class action where counsel fees are quite large relative to damages (e.g. 20 % +).

Although, I suspect, the differences may be dealt with by way of allocating damages or settlement monies, I find that Plaintiff's need to receive specialized and fact specific advise in respect of their mitigation efforts, as opposed to more uniform advice they may receive in a class setting.

We have supported counsel in all phases of litigation, including class certification, fact discovery, loss causation / materiality, damages, and settlement / mediation.

In a joint statement issued with Quinn Emanuel following announcement that the settlements were final, Bruce Simon said: «We are pleased that we have reached this exceptional settlement for the Class, appropriate for the damages our clients suffered.»

The Court once again displayed its distaste for class - actions, with Kennedy stating that expanding causes of action in securities litigation would damage the economy and «would allow plaintiffs with weak claims to extort settlements from innocent companies.»

Damages analytics: Categorizes the amounts awarded for SEC penalties, disgorgement, approved class - action settlements and other securities Damages analytics: Categorizes the amounts awarded for SEC penalties, disgorgement, approved class - action settlements and other securities damagesdamages