Civil Litigation,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
May 12, 2022
Skeptical circuit questions $80M fee for Apple settlement
U.S. District Judge Edward J. Davila of San Jose trimmed the plaintiffs’ attorney fee request from $87.73 million to $80.6 million but approved it even though it exceeded the 9th Circuit’s typical 25% limit for lawyer awards. The attorney fee is 26% of the award.
A skeptical federal appellate panel considered objections Wednesday to a $310 million settlement of a class action against Apple Inc. for throttling the performance of older iPhones and an $80 million award to plaintiffs’ attorneys.
The lawyers representing a class that reached the settlement with the Cupertino technology giant defended the deal and their fees, as did a lawyer for Apple, but they were grilled by a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of ...
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