https://www.legislation.com/2023/03/24/is-it-time-for-the-u-s-supreme-court-to-review-incentive-awards-to-class-reps/
U.S. Supreme Court docket constructing in Washington, D.C. (Credit score: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM)A minimum of two petitions for a writ of certiorari are pending earlier than the U.S. Supreme Court docket over incentive awards, which compensate class representatives for his or her added time and work.
March 24, 2023 at 04:00 PM
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What You Have to Know
- This month, the U.S. Court docket of Appeals for the Second Circuit discovered that incentive awards had been ‘at greatest doubtful’ below U.S. Supreme Court docket precedent courting again to the Eighteen Eighties.
- Petitions to overview choices by the Eleventh and Second Circuits are pending earlier than the U.S. Supreme Court docket.
- There’s rising cynicism about incentive awards, notably amongst federal judges who overview class motion settlements.
When the U.S. Court docket of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit invalidated incentive awards three years in the past, the category motion bar was shocked and known as the choice an “outlier.”
The shock has worn off. And it’s now not an outlier.
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