At first glance, it looks like a total rip-off. Class members in a settlement involving deceptively marketed Duracell batteries collected just $345,000, but their lawyers got a whopping $5.7 million in fees. On Friday, the Center for Class Action Fairness filed a cert petition challenging the award. Except on closer inspection, the fee doesn't seem so outrageous
December 13, 2015 at 02:50 PM
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At first glance, it looks like a total rip-off. Class members in a settlement involving deceptively marketed Duracell batteries collected just $345,000, but their lawyers got a whopping $5.7 million in fees.
On Friday, the Center for Class Action Fairness filed a cert petition with the U.S. Supreme Court, protesting that the fee award is unreasonable, unfair and abusive.
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