465 U.S. 886 (1984) Cited 8,974 times 4 Legal Analyses
Holding that fee shifting is “to be calculated according to the prevailing market rates in the relevant community, regardless of whether plaintiff is represented by private or nonprofit counsel”
444 U.S. 472 (1980) Cited 1,044 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding that the district court properly assessed attorney's fees based on the total fund available to the prevailing class rather than the amount actually recovered
Holding that district court did not abuse its discretion in finding the absence of substantial objections by class members weighed in favor of approval
Holding that when a common fund case has been prosecuted on a contingent basis, plaintiffs' counsel must be compensated adequately for the risk of non-payment
186 F. Supp. 2d 358 (S.D.N.Y. 2002) Cited 139 times
Finding that the negotiations leading to a class action settlement had been at arm's length in part because they had occurred over several months and had involved several in-person meetings
Holding that in common fund cases, the court "may calculate counsel fees either on a percentage of the fund basis or by fashioning a lodestar," and explaining that "time logged is still relevant to the court's inquiry" even under the former method, because "time records tend to illuminate the attorneys' role in the creation of the fund, and, thus, inform the court's inquiry into the reasonableness of a particular percentage"
Disallowing compensation for "Conf[erence] G. Sousa and travel," since the entry did not indicate the time spent in conference and "we are disinclined to compensate an attorney at professional rates for travel time. . . ."
Fed. R. Civ. P. 23 Cited 35,573 times 1241 Legal Analyses
Holding that, to certify a class, the court must find that "questions of law or fact common to class members predominate over any questions affecting only individual members"
Fed. R. Civ. P. 1 Cited 15,441 times 49 Legal Analyses
Recognizing the federal rules of civil procedure should be employed to promote the "just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of every action and proceeding"
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149 § 152A Cited 76 times 7 Legal Analyses
Defining a "[t]ip" as "a sum of money, including any amount designated by a credit card patron, a gift or a gratuity, given as an acknowledgment of any service performed by a wait staff employee, service employee, or service bartender"