Perspective
Jul. 9, 2010
The Rise of 'Professional Objectors' In Class Action Settlements
Dealing with professional objectors isn't easy. Brian Kabateck and Alfredo Torrijos of Kabateck Brown Kellner explore mechanisms to weed out the bad objections from the good ones.
A "proposed" class settlement becomes an "actual" class settlement only after it has been judicially reviewed and approved. Trial court's are charged with two tasks during this review process: first, to ensure that the proposed settlement is in the best interest of absent class members; and second, to set the fees that the class action lawyers will receive for their work.
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