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Civil Litigation

Jun. 26, 2023

Cambridge Analytica plaintiffs’ attorneys ask for $181M in fees

The attorneys said they should be awarded 25% of the $725 million settlement fund for nearly 150,000 hours of work and more than $4 million in expenses over the “nearly five years of intense litigation.”

Cambridge Analytica plaintiffs’ attorneys ask for $181M in fees
Lesley Weaver / Courtesy of Bleichmar Fonti & Auld LLP

The attorneys who successfully litigated against Facebook Inc. in a lawsuit stemming from the 2016 Cambridge Analytica scandal asked a San Francisco federal judge for $181 million in fees as part of the $725 million settlement approved this year.

The attorneys who successfully litigated against Facebook Inc. in a lawsuit stemming from the 2016 Cambridge Analytica scandal asked a federal judge in San Francisco for $181 million in fees as p...

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