A federal judge shot down concerns raised by the U.S. Department of Justice over a $7.4 million class action settlement involving Dial soap after concluding that “plaintiffs’ counsel have served the class well.”
The DOJ filed a statement of interest in the case earlier this month, insisting that the settlement provided “virtually worthless” injunctive relief and an excessive $3.8 million in fees to the plaintiffs’ attorneys. The filing was among several that the DOJ has made in the past year in class action settlements an effort to challenge what it considers abuses under the Class Action Fairness Act.
