The attorneys handling the Rita’s Water Ice class action over the company sending unsolicited text messages asked for $1 million in fees, but a federal judge said that price is too steep.
On March 16, U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Savage of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granted class counsel’s request for $40,000 in expenses and $10,000 in incentive awards, but denied their request for $1 million in legal fees, instead awarding them $651,000. That reduced fee represents roughly 22 percent of the litigation’s settlement fund.
