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California District Court Rejects Overtime Settlement Over $50,000 Incentive Awards

By Greg Mersol on April 28, 2014 Posted in Wage and Hour

Large incentive awards continue to jeopardize class action settlements. We wrote on February 14 about recent cases in which Circuit Courts rejected settlements due to disproportionate incentive awards. A recent case from the Central District of California reflects that lower courts are taking a close look at such awards and the relationship of the size … Continue Reading

Incentive Awards, Bounties, and Adequacy of Representation

By Greg Mersol on February 14, 2014 Posted in Uncategorized

A common feature of class action settlements, whether in employment actions or otherwise, is the payment of an incentive award to the named plaintiff. Such payments are frequently approved by courts, but have been criticized as unduly promoting class claims. Indeed, the 2003 version of CAFA, which passed the House but not the senate, would … Continue Reading