Whittaker v. Cowen

How courts have described this case

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

• finding notice was sufficient where “a notice was published in a variety of national publications” and appeared in newspapers and periodicals, targeted Internet banner ads were published; and a TPP notice appeared in an industry trade journal
• “The lodestar multiplier is calculated by dividing the attorneys’ fees sought by class counsel . . . by the total amount of hours class counsel devoted to the litigation times class counsel’s hourly rates.”
• “[A]s a contingent fee case, counsel faced a risk of nonpayment in the event of an unsuccessful trial. Throughout this lengthy litigation, Class Counsel have not received any payment. This factor supports approval of the requested fee.”
• settlement class definition that included “household members”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).