Judge Rejects Target’s Attorney Fee Percentage, Remands Wage Case

Mealey's (June 30, 2020, 1:32 PM EDT) -- RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Target Corp., in a wage-and-hour class complaint, failed to show that class counsel fees of nearly 32 percent of the total recovery being sought should be included in the amount in controversy, a federal judge in California ruled June 25, granting remand of the case for failure to meet the Class Action Fairness Act’s (CAFA) $5 million threshold (Arthur Barnes v. Target Corporation, et al., No. 20-831, C.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 111660)....