Attorneys’ Fees, Incentive Awards Are Trimmed in TCPA Class Settlement

A counsel fee award in a class action settlement over junk faxes shrunk from the requested $1.46 million to around $650,000, after the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio concluded on Feb. 7 that the requested fee would provide a windfall to class counsel (Michel v. WM Healthcare Solutions, Inc., S.D. Ohio, No. 1:10-cv-00638).

Chief Judge Susan J. Dlott approved the proposed $4.375 million settlement resolving a class action stemming from allegations that defendants WM Healthcare Solutions Inc. and SK&A Information Systems violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47 U.S.C. §227, by sending ...