Supreme Court Denies Certiorari in Eleventh Circuit Case Banning Class-Action Incentive Payments for Plaintiffs
Posted on Apr 17, 2023 in Class Actions | Comments Off on Supreme Court Denies Certiorari in Eleventh Circuit Case Banning Class-Action Incentive Payments for Plaintiffs
The Supreme Court today denied certiorari in Johnson v. Dickenson, No. 22-389, 2023 WL 2959369 (U.S. Apr. 17, 2023), declining to review the Eleventh Circuit’s decision that incentive awards in class actions are impermissible under federal law. Johnson v. NPAS Sols., LLC, 975 F.3d 1244 (11th Cir. 2020), denial of rehearing en banc, 43 F.4th 1138 (11th Cir. 2022). Posted by Tom...
Eleventh Circuit Affirms Approval of (Almost) All of Equifax Data Breach Settlement
Posted on Jun 17, 2021 in Class Actions | Comments Off on Eleventh Circuit Affirms Approval of (Almost) All of Equifax Data Breach Settlement
In In re: Equifax, Inc. Customer Data Sec. Breach Litig. (Huang v. Equifax, Inc.), 2021 WL 2250845 (11th Cir. June 3, 2021), the Eleventh Circuit upheld the district court’s approval of a class settlement arising out of the Equifax data breach – except for the incentive awards to the class representatives, as to which the court reversed the district court in light of Johnson v. NPAS...