Court Halves Attorneys Fees in ‘First’ Meta Pixel Privacy Case

The class counsel litigating one of the first video privacy cases involving websites’ use of the Meta Pixel had their request for nearly $1.7 million in attorneys’ fees pared back by more than half in a Thursday court minute order.

Their request for the maximum payment permitted—one third of the $4 million settlement fund—was “significantly out of proportion” with the counsel’s time entries, the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts found.

Bursor & Fisher P.A. and Birnbaum & Godkin, LLP are representing David Ambrose in a class action alleging the Boston Globe disclosed subscriber’s personal information and ...