Wershba v. Apple Computer, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• noting that California Business and Professions Code Section 17500 addresses deception of nonresident class members deceived by representations disseminated from California
• finding a 14 1.42 multiplier reasonable where plaintiffs’ attorneys submitted declarations evidencing 15 the reasonable hourly rate for their services and outlining the number of hours dedicated to 16 the case
• California law applied to “non-California members of a nationwide class where the defendant is a California corporation and some or all of the challenged conduct emanates from California”
• “As a general rule, class notice must strike a balance between thoroughness and the need to avoid unduly complicating the content of the notice and confusing class members.”
• overruled on other grounds by 18 Hernandez v. Restoration Hardware, Inc., 4 Cal. 5th 260 (2018)
• 3-4 are in the “range [of] common” multipliers for sophisticated class 19 actions

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).