Juul MDL Judge Approves $76.5M Attorney Fees Award

(December 19, 2023, 1:47 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal judge on Dec. 18 approved an attorney fees award worth more than $76.5 million to be paid out of a $255 million class settlement resolving multidistrict litigation claims against e-cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc. (JLI) and approved an attorney fees committee’s recommendation for allocation of common benefit fees to 62 plaintiffs’ firms that participated in the suit....