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· 2/1/2012

Faught v. American Home Shield Corp.

Citations

  • 668 F.3d 1233
  • 2011 WL 7118832

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • explaining that “25% is generally recognized as a reasonable fee award in common fund cases”
  • recognizing the 25% common fund award benchmark
  • “And this court has often stated that the majority of fees in these cases are reasonable where they fall between 20–25% of the claims.”
  • portion of fee properly allocated to compensation for “non-monetary benefits [counsel] achieved for the class — like company-wide policy changes...”
  • portion of fee properly allocated to compensation for \non-monetary benefits [counsel] achieved for the class - like company-wide policy changes...\
  • “And this court has often stated that the majority of fees in these cases are reasonable where they fall between 20–25% of the claims.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Dubina, Carnes, Sands

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