9th Circuit Vacates $8.7M Attorney Award In Settlement With Credits For Class

Mealey's (October 18, 2018, 10:57 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A district court erred when it failed to treat $20 credits for class members in a settlement over a membership program enrollment and billing as coupons under the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) when it came to calculating the attorney fee award, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Oct. 3, vacating an $8.7 million attorney fee award and remanding for recalculation (In re EasySaver Rewards Litigation, No. 16-56307, 9th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 28000)....