In a win for critics of the doctrine, the U.S. Supreme Court has finally picked a case to review the use of cy pres funds: An $8.5 million class action settlement with Google, which yielded $5.3 million to be distributed to public interest causes, some of which opponents said had ties to lawyers in the case.
May 02, 2018 at 07:05 PM
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Welcome to Critical Mass, Law.com’s weekly briefing on class actions and mass torts. I’m Amanda Bronstad in Los Angeles. The U.S. Supreme Court finally picked acy pres case to review…the question is, why that one? A fee fight among plaintiffs’ counsel has escalated in the Flint water contamination case. And find out who’s defending dozens of hernia mesh device cases.
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