Nature of the Beast: Recurrent Ethical Issues Confronting Attorneys Attempting to Settle Florida Class Actions
02.01.2012
This article, by Carlton Fields attorneys Mac Richard McCoy, D. Matthew Allen, and Allison Kirkwood, discusses three specific ethical issues that arise with some frequency in class action settlements: 1) incentive awards to named plaintiffs above and beyond their recovery of individual damages; 2) class counsel’s negotiation of attorneys’ fees in class action settlements; and 3) settlement agreements purporting to limit class counsel’s future representation of new plaintiffs against the settling defendant.
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