Comments on: Eighth Circuit limits cy pres https://www.overlawyered.com/2015/02/eighth-circuit-limits-cy-pres/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Wed, 11 Feb 2015 23:34:46 +0000 hourly 1 By: David C https://www.overlawyered.com/2015/02/eighth-circuit-limits-cy-pres/comment-page-1/#comment-319522 Wed, 11 Feb 2015 23:34:46 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=51346#comment-319522 Maybe they just need to make the cy pres parts of the settlement not count towards the determination of attorney’s fees. Once you do that, plaintiff’s attorneys will almost certainly stop seeking these awards.

This money is not, after all, going to the class. The class should therefore not be paying an attorney for it.

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