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Turns Out the Court Doesn?t Always Award the Full Amount of Fees Requested in a Class Settlement

By Paul Karlsgodt

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Last July, in an entry titled Incentive Awards Ok, but Not Incentive Agreements, I commented on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision in Rodriguez v. West Publishing Corp.   In Rodriguez, the Ninth Circuit panel condemned the use incentive agreements in class actions.  The incentive agreements were engagement agreements between the law firm and the named class representatives that called for the attorneys to seek [...]

Full post as published by ClassActionBlawg on February 17, 2010 (boomark / email).

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