Cases: Class Actions – Page 20

Court of Appeal Affirms Class Action Fee Award Using a 2.0 Multiplier, Comprising 30% of the Settlement Fund

First District, in Unpublished Opinion, Provides Guidance on How Trial Judges Weight Circumstances In Arriving At Fee Awards. One of our readers, Larry H., asked us in late June 2008 whether there are any decisions demonstrating if trial courts assign specific numerical values to the various multiplier factors articulated in Serrano […]

ATTORNEYS IN LABOR VIOLATION CLASS ACTION ARE AWARDED 1.65 MULTIPLIER–$1,199,550—PLUS $60,611 FOR FEE PETITION EXPENSES IN WINNING A MILLION DOLLAR AWARD IN CITY OF HAYWARD LIVING WAGE ORDINANCE CASE

June 11, 2008

First District Affirms Trial Court Fee Award Reflecting the Risks of a Contingency Case. Mr. Leviant, the CEO of The Complex Litigator blog, recently welcomed us to the blogosphere and asked if we would be commenting on class action fee awards. “Yes,” is the answer, and this is our first specific