The following excerpt is from In re Immune Response Securities Litigation, 497 F.Supp.2d 1166 (S.D. Cal. 2007):
"Although Rule 23(e) is silent respecting the standard by which a proposed settlement is to be evaluated, the universally applied standard is whether the settlement is fundamentally fair, adequate and reasonable." Officers for Justice, 688 F.2d at 625; see also Torrisi v. Tucson Elec. Power Co., 8 F.3d 1370, 1375 (9th Cir.1993). When determining whether approval of a settlement is warranted, courts consider
several factors which may include, among others, some or all of the following:
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