Sentences with phrase «approving class counsel»

But I don't understand how a judge, post-hoc and in hindsight, confronted with untested, self - serving assertions about the many risks incurred, can measure or assess those risks in any meaningful fashion and then purport to use this assessment as a principled measure in approving class counsel's legal fees.

The Divisional Court also approved the class counsel fees provided in the settlement as fair and reasonable.

Not exact matches

Superior Court Judge William F. Highberger today approved the landmark settlement in Reed v. State of California, et al., a class action suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, Public Counsel, and Morrison & Foerster, LLP, in February 2010 on behalf of students at three Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) middle schools.

He has been counsel in cases involving eighteen approved class action settlements, including the Wal - Mart and Fina Oil «dead peasant» insurance cases.

Having regard to institutional fairness will send the message that the court will not approve a settlement if through misadventure, incompetence, opportunism, lassitude, or fatigue the Representative Plaintiff and Class Counsel do not achieve a settlement that is truly fair, reasonable, and in the best interests of class memClass Counsel do not achieve a settlement that is truly fair, reasonable, and in the best interests of class memclass members.

Any fees paid to Class Counsel must be approved by the Court as being fair and reasonable, and will be paid directly out of the settlement fund.

Before a person can file bankruptcy they must take an approved credit counseling class and their attorney must file a Certificate proving the class was taken with the court.

Strathy, J. approved the proposed settlement of the action for $ 11 million, of which $ 7.75 million was designated for class members, and the balance for fees and disbursements of class counsel and for the costs of administration of the settlement.

In Robinson v. Rochester Financial Limited, the Superior Court approved the settlement of the class action against tax counsel.

Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle in the District of Columbia approved the class of «[a] ll individuals and entities who have paid fees for the use of PACER within the past six years, excluding class counsel and agencies of the federal government.»

However, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice refused to approve the settlement on the basis that it was more beneficial to class counsel than to class members, and it effectively expropriated the class members» property rights in exchange for a charitable donation from Thomson Reuters.

How much of the settlement will be left depends on what the Court approves and what expenses Class Counsel has to cover between now and the end of July.

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July 27, 2015), U.S. District Judge David O. Carter approved a $ 6.5 million payment of fees / expenses to class counsel in a case involving allegations that washing machines were susceptible to mold.

Judge Cote also approved the Plan of Distribution to the Plaintiff Class and awarded Plaintiffs» counsel attorneys» fees and costs.

On October 14, 2008 the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Toronto will determine whether to certify the class action for settlement purposes and to approve of the Settlement, including class counsel fees, and to inform potential class members of their rights.

Justice Lax stated that the Class Counsel's fees «are to be fixed and approved on the basis of whether they are fair and reasonable in all the circumstances.»

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