9th Circuit Reverses, Remands $800,000 Fee Award For $950,000 Class Settlement

( February 28, 2025, 11:13 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO —  A panel of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has reversed a trial court’s approval of $800,000 in attorney fees and costs for a claims-made data breach class settlement that had a redemption value of “at most” about $950,000, but a panel majority approved the underlying settlement with a dissenting judge calling the trial court’s approval “perfunctory.”...