Review Of 11th Circuit’s Ban On Class Representative Incentive Awards Sought

Mealey's (November 3, 2020, 1:42 PM EST) -- ATLANTA — Both the original plaintiff in a settled Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) class dispute and an objecting class member filed petitions on Oct. 22 seeking a rehearing after a split 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel partially reversed and vacated a settlement approval and held in part that a $6,000 incentive award as part of a settlement agreement for the class representative’s “‘role in prosecuting th[e] case on behalf of the [c]lass [m]embers’” violated century-old Supreme Court precedent as it is “part salary and part bounty” (Jenna Dickenson v. NPAS Solutions, LLC, No. 18-12344, 11th Cir.)....