When Wine And Roses Backfire: Court Contemplates Disciplinary Action Following Post-Settlement Reimbursement Request By Plaintiffs' Class Action Lawyers

The availability of attorneys’ fees, costs, and expenses is a prime motivator for the plaintiffs’ employment class action bar, and Plumbers Union Local No. 12 Pension Fund v. Ambassadors Group Inc., No. CV-09-214-JLQ, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 26232 (E.D. Wash. Feb. 28, 2012), gives employers another reason not to simply agree to a ceiling for the fee and expense portions of a class action settlement. 

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