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Sep. 9, 2021
Plaintiffs’ attorneys seek $30M in fees for App Store litigation
The plaintiffs’ attorneys invested 20,576 hours and over $10 million in attorney fees in the litigation, according to the motion filed in late August. A $30 million attorney fee award, which they argue is within the range of awards in other class action settlements, would result in a lodestar multiplier of 2.83.
Plaintiffs' attorneys will ask a federal judge in October for $30 million in attorney fees after reaching a $100 million settlement with Apple Inc. last month to end antitrust litigation with app developers.
"The Ninth Circuit has established a benchmark percentage of 25 percent to be used as the 'starting point' for analysis," Steve Berman of Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP wrote in a motion seeking preliminary approval.
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