When a class action settlement includes attorneys' fees, is the award reviewed in the context of the settlement?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Mathein v. Pier 1 Imports (U.S.), Inc., No.: 1:16-cv-00087-DAD-SAB (E.D. Cal. 2017):
When a negotiated class action settlement includes an award of attorneys' fees, the fee award must be evaluated in the overall context of the settlement. Knisley v. Network Assocs., 312 F.3d 1123, 1126 (9th Cir. 2002). Where, as here, fees are to be paid from a common fund, the
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