T-Mobile Deal’s $79 Million Fee Award Gets Overturned (Correct)

A $79 million attorneys’ fee award in T-Mobile US Inc.‘s $350 million settlement of a data breach lawsuit was tossed out Monday by a federal appeals court.

The lower court abused its discretion in approving a windfall result for attorneys in a case that settled within months of being filed and without extensive discovery or motions practice, a unanimous US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit said.

The court reversed the fee award and the lower court’s decision to strike the objection of Cassie Hampe, affirmed its decision to strike the objection of Connie Pentz, and remanded ...